Crime & Safety
Blow-Up Slide Tips, Injures 5 Children At Elementary School Field Day
The Long Island elementary school students, ages 6 and 7, were on the inflatable slide when it fell over; one child suffered a broken leg.
WYANDANCH, NY — Students from Wyandanch's Lafrancis Hardiman Elementary School were celebrating field day in a nearby park when an inflatable slide tipped over, injuring five children. There were 14 children, ages six and seven, in total on the blow-up slide in Wyandanch Park on Mount Avenue when the incident occurred at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday morning, Suffolk police said.
The Suffolk County Police Department said that officers from the First Precinct responded to the park after the slide tipped.
Five children were transported to the hospital with injuries. One suffered a broken leg in the incident.
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Wyandanch School District's Superintendent Dr. Gina Talbert told NBC 4 New York that the district is launching an investigation into what caused the slide to collapse.
"We recognize this is a very scary event witnessed by our young scholars, staff, and families and we are deeply concerned about how this could have happened," she said in her statement.
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