NORTH WILDWOOD– A child was injured on Fri., July 2, while suffering a medical problem on the Zoom Flume ride on Morey’s Pier which resulted in an emergency helicopter transport to the pediatric trauma unit at Cooper Universitly Hospital in Camden.
Morey’s Pier Director of Risk Management Geoff Rogers released a statement on July 3, that “staff contacted Wildwoods EMS to assist a guest who was having a personal medical issue on the Zoom Phloom attraction.”
Use of a medevac helicopter was not mentioned in the statement. Rogers would not comment further on the incident.
North Wildwood police refused to release information on the incident following repeated request by several news agencies.
The Herald filed an Open Public Records Request on July 6 and obtained reports from both the police and fire departments.
According to the reports, Morey’s Pier EMT John Devine, reported to police the child whose name is blacked out in the reports “is believed to have had a seizure and struck his head while ridding in one of the cars used on the ride.”
A woman who identified herself as a nurse told police the child was “unresponsive and presumably unconscious” when she arrived to assist,” according to the report.
North Wildwood fire department requested a medevac helicopter to respond.
The medevac’s dispatch reported the incident as a “amusement ride accident.”
The flight crew en-route to the trauma center reported the patient to be a 10 year-old special needs child in stable condition. The child was reported to have a possible head injury sustained on a “log flume ride.”
Lisa Ryan a spokesperson for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, the agency which regulates the amusement parks said in a statement “Division of Codes and Standards is currently investigating the incident. The ride was closed for the remainder of the night. The Division inspected it Saturday and reopened the ride.”
According to the police report the child was released from the hospital later that night.
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