WYANDOTTE (WWJ) -- A company that owns a 20-foot tall rock climbing wall used at the Wyandotte Street Art Fair has issued an apology after a boy was injured in a fall over the weekend.
Wyandotte Deputy Police Chief Archie Hamilton tells WWJ that the child was taken to the hospital on Friday with several broken bones.
A witness wrote on Facebook that the boy’s bungee cord snapped while he was at the top of the wall, but police have not confirmed that was the case.
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“When the boy who was all the way at the top of the rock wall his bungee cord SNAPS. He fell right to the ground, nothing under him. His arm was broken, femur broken and body in total shock,” Allison Trombley posted on Facebook. “That would of been either Grayson or Jaylen. I am so upset and my heart is still racing. I am traumatized, let alone my 3 and 4 year old babies who watched this happen right in front of their eyes.”
Airborne Bouncers — the company responsible — said in a statement that the equipment in question has been taken out of service pending a full investigation and safety inspection.
According to Hamilton, this was the first incident of its kind involving the company in the four years it has operated in Wyandotte.
The rock wall will not be returning to the Downriver event in the future.
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