14-year old boy falls from a 430 foot theme park ride...
It must have been 2 weeks ago when the news came through about a teenage boy falling from a ride. Honestly, I skipped over the story. What went through my mind was a thin runt of a kid (like the young Tom Hanks in the movie BIG) who was too short to get on the ride and somehow they let him pass.As usual, as more details surface, the story intensifies.
This 14-year old 'boy' was 6 feet 5 inches tall and weighed 340 pounds.
In metric that's 195.58cm and 154.22kg.
For comparison, that makes him significantly larger than the average man!
That FreeFall ride has a maximum weight of of 287 pounds, making the boy 53 pounds over the limit and a forensic investigator has been hired to understand what happened.
(I think I already know what happened)
This story won't be over any time soon... I expect the next article to describe a team of attorneys... from both sides!
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The boy had many years ahead that he could have earned a living. That will be taken into account when a settlement is offered.