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A 5-year-old boy was injured Tuesday after falling off a waterslide at a Georgia amusement park, the park said.
The child was riding a double tube at Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park, near the Georgia-Tennessee border, when he was injured, a park spokesman told Fox News Digital. He fell 15 to 20 feet from the slide, John Pless, a spokesman for Catoosa County, where the park is located, told Fox News Digital.
A park visitor told WZTV that she saw the boy “fly” down the green-and-yellow waterslide. Another witness, Ginger Bence, said she heard several employees whistling, which she assumed was part of safety protocol when someone is injured, the news outlet said.
“I don’t think I’ll ever forget it,” Bence said. “I thought ‘is he still alive?'”
“I don’t think I’ll ever forget it. I thought ‘is he still alive?'”
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The child was treated at the scene and taken to Erlanger Children’s Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Pless said. He said the condition and severity of the child’s injuries were unknown.
An aerial view of Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park where a young child was injured after falling off a waterslide. (WTVC Sky View)
The Georgia Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire told Fox News Digital it had been called to investigate the water ride.
“We have an inspector on site there today, but it is too early in our investigation to release preliminary findings,” a spokesman for the agency said Thursday. “We will most likely issue a final report in the next few days.”
The park told Fox News Digital that state inspectors looked at the Twist-N-Shout water ride, including the rider tubes, ride foundation and signage, and reopened it.
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“Lake Winnepesaukah is a family amusement park that prides itself on a safe, welcoming atmosphere,” the park said.
