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Child who reportedly fell from Idlewild coaster flown to hospital [View all]
Child who reportedly fell from Idlewild coaster flown to hospital
August 11, 2016 3:13 PM
By Jonathan D. Silver / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A child who reportedly fell this afternoon from a roller coaster at the Idlewild and SoakZone amusement park in Ligonier was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital in a medical helicopter.
There was no information about the nature or extent of injuries to the child. But Mary Beth Eslary, spokeswoman for the Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety, said the patient was conscious while being attended to by an ambulance crew on the premises.
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Walter Remmert, director of the Bureau of Ride and Measurement Standards, said one of his inspectors happened to be conducting a routine inspection at Idlewild this morning. ... "I actually have an inspector on site or about to be on site," Mr. Remmert said earlier this afternoon.
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Idlewild, which opened in 1878 as Idlewild Park, bills itself as "the longest-operating theme park near Pittsburgh" as well as in Pennsylvania, and the third-oldest in the U.S. In 2012 the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission recognized Idlewild Park with a roadside marker.
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Jonathan D. Silver: jsilver@post-gazette.com, 412-263-1962 or on Twitter @jsilverpg.
August 11, 2016 3:13 PM
By Jonathan D. Silver / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A child who reportedly fell this afternoon from a roller coaster at the Idlewild and SoakZone amusement park in Ligonier was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital in a medical helicopter.
There was no information about the nature or extent of injuries to the child. But Mary Beth Eslary, spokeswoman for the Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety, said the patient was conscious while being attended to by an ambulance crew on the premises.
....
Walter Remmert, director of the Bureau of Ride and Measurement Standards, said one of his inspectors happened to be conducting a routine inspection at Idlewild this morning. ... "I actually have an inspector on site or about to be on site," Mr. Remmert said earlier this afternoon.
....
Idlewild, which opened in 1878 as Idlewild Park, bills itself as "the longest-operating theme park near Pittsburgh" as well as in Pennsylvania, and the third-oldest in the U.S. In 2012 the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission recognized Idlewild Park with a roadside marker.
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Jonathan D. Silver: jsilver@post-gazette.com, 412-263-1962 or on Twitter @jsilverpg.
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