Inflatable slide collapses, injuring school children on field day
at the scene at approximately 9:45 a.m. Police said that one child was taken to a hospital with a broken leg and others were taken to hospitals to be treated for"minor injuries."
Wyandanch School District Superintendent Dr. Gina Talbert addressed the situation in a statement, confirming that the slide deflated while students from Lafrancis Hardiman Elementary School were riding. An inflatable slide collapsed during a school field day at Wyandanch Park in Long Island, while 14 children were on it, police said.
"We recognize this is a very scary event witnessed by our young scholars, staff, and families and we are deeply concerned about how this could have happened," Talbert said.