10-Year-Old Child Died Of Excitement After Plunging Down Water Slide
02/04/21 AT 8:21 AM
In a tragic incident, a 10-year-old girl died following a ride on a nearly 272-foot-long water slide in Zehnder s Splash Village in Michigan.
London Eisenbeis was excited to go on the waterslide, but she got to the bottom of the slide unconscious and without a heartbeat, Yahoo News Australia reported. Nine days after the incident on Feb. 18, 2018, London died.
The victim s family recently shared details about the incident, expressing their sadness over the loss.
Authorities said the girl had gone into cardiac arrest as she plunged down the four-storey tube. She was reportedly suffering from a heart condition known as Long QT syndrome, which can cause life-threatening irregular heart rhythms. However, her family wasn t aware of her condition. It is believed high levels of excitement caused the incident.