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THE METEOROLOGIST IS UPDATING THE FORECAST AND WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE SEE STORMS .
>>> FIRST, HEARTBREAKING
UPDATE.
A 12-YEAR-OLD WHO FELL OFF A
CL+@IMBING WALL AT IN GASTON
COUNTY TRAMPOLINE PARK HAS
DIED.
ALTITUDE TRAMPOLINE PARK SHUT
DOWN FOR THE DAY SO
INVESTIGATORS COULD TRY TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG.
TONIGHT WE EXPECT
REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE COMPANY
TO SPEAK ABOUT THE INCIDENT FOR
THE FIRST TIME .
>> THESE PARKS ARE A POPULAR
PLACE FOR PARENTS TO TAKE THE
KIDS DURING THE SUMMER BUT WHO
IS REGULATING THEM.
DIGGING INTO STATE REGULATION .
>>> BRANDON GOLDNE+@R IS LIVE I
GASTON COUNTY LEARNING NEW
DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
INSIDE THE TRAMPOLINE PARK,
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?
>> THAT'S RIGHT I SPOKE TO THE
POLICE CHIEF AND HE SAID HE
VIEWED THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
IN THE FACILITY WHILE IT WAS
CLOSED TODAY WE ALSO GOT CELL
PHONE VIDEO FROM A VIEWER
SHOWING THE CHAOTIC EVENTS
AFTER THIS HAPPENED .
>> THIS IS A SCREENSHOT FROM
CELL PHONE VIDEO TAKEN MOMENTS
+@ AFTER TH+@E 12-YEAR-OLD BOY FEL
ON WEDNESDAY. OUT OF
SENSITIVITY TO THE BOYS FAMILY
WE ONLY SHOW THIS TO LIMITS BUT
IN IT YOU CAN SEE THE ROCK
WHILE HE WAS CLIMBING ON.
+@
IN IT YOU CAN SEE THE ROCK WHILE HE WAS CLIMBING ON. ONE THING THAT IS HARD TO SEE
ARE THE SAFETY NET UNDERNEATH IT
. A SUBSEQUENT CELL PHONE VIDEO
SHOWS THE CHILD BEING WHEELED
OUT BY PARAMEDICS IN A
STRETCHER.
ACCORDING TO THIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS REPORT, A
12-YEAR-OL+@D BOY WAS NOT SECUR
IN HARNESS AND FELL TO THE
GROUND. IT GOES ON TO SHOW HE
HAD JUST CELEBRATED HIS BIRTH
DAY THE DAY BEFORE. THURSDAY,
LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER THE
BOY FELL, THE PARK OPEN FOR
NORMAL HOURS AND WAS PACKED+@
WITH FAMILIES THOUGH A PARK+@
MANAGER TOLD OFFICERS OF THE
WALL WAS FENCED OFF BY
EMPLOYEES TO PRESERVE ANY
FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT
LED UP TO THE 12-YEAR-OLD
FALLING FROM THE WALL. TODAY
THE PARK SHUT DOWN ENTIRELY
THING YOU DID SO +@DUE TO AN
INJURY AND OUT OF RESPECT FOR
THE FAMILY, THE POLICE CHIEF
TELLS ME AFTER REVIEWING
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO EARLIER
TODAY THAT HE WILL NOT PURSUE A
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION .
>>> FAMILY FRIENDS HAVE TOLD ME
THAT THE FAMILY HAS REQUESTED
PRIVACY DURING THIS TIME.
WE+@ EXPECT THE REPRESENTATIVE
FROM ALTITUDE TO COME OUT HERE
TO SPEAK ON CAMERA FOR THE
FIRST TIME, ADDRESSING THIS
INCIDENT AGA+@IN.
THIS FACILITY REMAINS CLOSED
AND WE SEE FAMILIES COMING
THROUGH HERE AND CHECKING TO SEE
WHAT'S GOING ON.
>>> THANK YOU, BRENDAN .
>> NATHAN IS LIVE AT THE
BREAKING NEWS DESK EXPECT
YOU'VE LOOKED INTO HOW MANY
TIMES THE MEDICS HAVE RESPONDED
TO THIS TRAMPOLINE PARK +@AND
WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND OUT?
>> EMS CONFIRMS IN THE FIRST
SEVEN MONTHS OF OPERATION,
EMERGENCY CREWS HAVE RESPONDED
FOUR TIMES TO ALTITUDE
TRAMPOLINE PARK, FACILITY WITH
VIRTUALLY NO GOVERNMENT
OVERSIGHT .
>> BEFORE YOU START JUMPING YOU
FILL OUT AN APPLICATION SAFETY
WAIVER .
>>> ALTITUDE TRAMPOLINE PARK SO
+@ SAFETY IS ITS NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY IN GASTON COUNTY MSS
SINCE JANUARY CREWS HAVE
RESPONDED TO FOUR CALLS HERE
ONE FOR CH+@EST PAIN AND ANOTHE
FOR BACK PAIN AND THE THIRD FOR
A TRAUMATIC INJURY .
>> A KID FELL OFF A ROCK WALL
AND HIT THE GROUND AND HE IS
NOT MOVING.
>> THE FOURTH OF THIS WEEK .
>> IT'S A THING WE HAVE FOR YOU
LATCH THEM ONTO A HARNESS, HE
FELL AND COLLAPSED.
>>REPORTER: A BOY REPORTEDLY
FELL OFF A CLIMBING WALL, THE
SAME ONE DEPICTED IN THE
PROMOTIONAL VIDEO FOR THE
TRAMPOLINE PARK.
THE BOYS MOTHER IS HELPLESS ON
THE PHONE WITH 911 .
>> HE'S LAYING ON THE FLOOR.
HE IS LAYING ON THE FLOOR
EXPECT PARKS LIKE THIS ARE NOT
HEAVILY REGULATED .
>> WITHOUT RULES YOU CAN DO
WHATEVER YOU WANT .
>> PENDING LEGISLAT+@ION SHOWS
STATEWIDE REGULATION IN THE
WORKS.
THE ROUTINE SAFETY REVIEWS GO
ABOVE AND BEYOND INDUSTRY
STANDARDS TO MAKE SURE THE PARK
IS SAFE .
>>> THE COMPANY ALSO SAID ITS
ENTIRE MANAGEMENT TEAM IS CPR
CERTIFIED.
YOU CAN SEE A PERSON TRYING TO
GIVE THE CHILD CPR. SADLY, THE
BOY DID NOT