Boy dies after fall from water slide at Mt. Olympus

[Archae]

Last edited Thu Dec 22, 2016, 01:16 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: WBAY-TV, ABC affiliate in Green bay, WI

LAKE DELTON, Wis. (WBAY) A boy has died after falling from a water slide at Mt. Olympus Water Park, according to our Madison sister station WKOW.

The water park is closed for the season.

Lake Delton Police tell WKOW that the boy and two others got inside the park and were able to climb to the top of an outdoor water slide.

One of the boys took a sled down the slide. At the halfway point, he got caught in snow. As the boy tried to free himself, he fell 35 feet to the ground.

Read more: http://wbay.com/2016/12/22/boy-dies-after-fall-from-water-slide-at-mt-olympus/

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On edit: Ok, forget the Darwin Award.

I have a hunch though the family will sue the water park.

[riversedge]

1. Oh how sad for the family.

[Archae]

2. When I was a teenager, I did some really dumb stuff too.

Like in summer taking a kiddie coaster wagon down a steep slope.

Along with another guy!

We wiped out, getting all dirty and a couple bruises.

Know what we did next?
We did it again!

[forgotmylogin]

5. Did you break into private property to access the steep slope?

And was your steep slope elevated above a sheer drop to the ground below?

[Archae]

9. Yes we were on someone else's property, and no it wasn't a sheer drop.

The point is teenagers do stupid things.

(Pre-teens do too, but not as often.)

And it looks like these kids were exceptionally stupid.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. What an asshole comment to make. nt

[forgotmylogin]

4. I was thinking this was a repeat

from when the boy died on Verruckt, that impossibly stupid slide over the summer.

So sad. Going down a frozen waterslide probably seemed like an amazing idea to them. Even if it could work, sliding on ice doesn't involve the surface tension of the water and it would be out of control.

[TexasBushwhacker]

6. I reserve Darwin Awards for adults

He is described as a boy, so I'm assuming be wasn't a teen. They say the park was fenced and the gates were locked, so how did the kids get in? Was it really that secure? Attractive Nuisance Doctrine could come into play.

[Archae]

10. Are ther age requirements for Darwin Awards?

Because kids (preteen and teenage) do stupid things, and sometimes get killed.

[TexasBushwhacker]

12. Kids that do stupid things can grow up to be adults who don't

As adults, we expect that we will have to protect kids from doing stupid things that can kill them.

A Darwin Award is a "Thanks for taking yourself out of the gene pool" award. Funny for stupid adults. For kids being kids, not so much.

[EL34x4]

15. The boy was 16

And they climbed over a 7' fence.

[Mika]

7. Darwin Award candidate? How detestable.

[oberliner]

8. Thanks for deleting the Darwin Award comment

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[BigDemVoter123]

11. Didn't this just happen somewhere else over the last few months?

[niyad]

13. yes, the verruckt water slide at a park in KC. but that one was actually open and operating.

[csziggy]

14. Update: 16-year-old from Florida

Updated: Dec 22, 2016 1:12 PM EST

UPDATE (WKOW) Lake Delton Police say a 16-year-old from Florida died after falling off a water slide at Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park.

The teen was with his siblings when the accident happened.

The teen and other juveniles climbed a 7-foot fence into the restricted water slide area closed down for the season.
http://www.wkow.com/story/34112905/2016/12/22/breaking-boy-dies-after-fall-from-mt-olympus-water-park-slide