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A 6-year-old boy is recovering after his seat belt broke at a Mexican amusement park. A video shows him falling off the attraction.
A 6-year-old boy is recovering after his seat belt broke at a Mexican amusement park. A video shows him falling off the attraction.
The incident happened Sunday at Parque Fundidora’s Amazonian Expedition, an amusement park attraction in Mexico’s Nuevo León state.
Family members of the 6-year-old said on Facebook that his seat belt snapped while riding the zip line and he was thrown into an artificial pool below the attraction. Mexican media outlet ABC Noticas, citing local authorities, reported that the child fell almost 12 meters into the artificial pool.
Video provided to Fox News Digital shows the child on the zip line before coming to a stop, with the harness failing shortly after.
According to the family, a tourist jumped into the pool nearby and rescued the six-year-old child named Cesar. Family members blame the park staff’s lack of training for not handling the situation better.
J Cesar Sauceda told Fox News Digital that his brother suffered minor injuries and is recovering from the incident but is “mentally damaged” and “scared”.
A government agency in Nuevo León shut down various attractions at the amusement park after the incident.