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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.
She told
The Sun: London looked at her dad, gave two thumbs up and smiled, went down the slide and came out in cardiac arrest. The excitement threw her rhythm. It was an awful thing. There were no signs of the condition, she just dropped.
Tine had been on the other side of the sizeable park while London went on the ride, first realising something was wrong when she heard a whistle.
A passer-by then told her someone had drowned so she got nervous and tried to call husband Jerry - who didn t have his phone on him.
This prompted Tina to go and investigate for herself, which is when she was confronted with the devastating sight.