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Daily Mail
20 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Boy, 2, horrifically-injured after father took him on theme park rollercoaster ride in Uruguay
A two-year-old boy was seriously injured after his father took him on a roller coaster in Uruguay. The incident took place Saturday when the Gusano Manzana [Apple Worm] ride turned a corner at the Parque Rodó amusement park in the capital city of Montevideo. The child, whose name was not released, was sitting on the lap of his 67-year-old father before he crashed to the ground. Video footage filmed by a man accompanying his son showed the boy's father stand up from the seat and look down. The concerned father then disappears from the view of the camera before the man who was recording the ride said, 'Oh, a person fell.' The ride then came to a full stop and a woman could be heard in the background shouting, 'Stop, stop, a child fell.' Alejandro Montero, an off-duty nurse who was visiting the park with his family, was the first person who rushed to help the child and his father. 'I saw this person on the floor trying to get up, which he couldn't, and there was someone else watching him,' Montero told Teledoce television. 'I went in, approached this man, and the first thing I did was immobilize him. It was the right thing to do as a healthcare professional. It was a fall of [nine or 13 feet] and I didn't know if he had lost consciousness or not.' Both were rushed to a local hospital, where the child was treated for a fractured skull and remains hospitalized. His father suffered multiple fractures and underwent surgery. The Montevideo prosecutor's office told El Observador newspaper on Wednesday that the boy has been healing well and could be discharged in the next couple of days. The rollercoaster was suspended by the city as part of an investigation. Alex, one of the workers at Parque Rodo, told local television station Channel 10 that the boy's father was warned that the child could not sit on his lap before they took their spot on the Gusano Manzana. 'The adult is told that the child cannot be on the lap, it seems that once the ride is started, he puts the child back on the lap, without safety measures,' Alex said. He explained that the ride does not feature an emergency brake system. 'If you get in and yell at me: brake for me, I can't brake it,' he said.
CTV News
a day ago
- CTV News
German toddler dies after water slide fall in Croatia
Zagreb, Croatia -- A German toddler died after falling from a water slide on Croatia's northern island of Rab, police and media said Wednesday. After the accident, on Tuesday afternoon, the child was flown from Rab to the northern Adriatic city of Rijeka for treatment, but doctors could not save her, said a police statement. The circumstances of the accident were being investigated, the statement added. A police spokeswoman told AFP that the child was a toddler. Local media reported that the little girl slipped from her father's arms on the slide at the aquapark in Lopar, and fell on the concrete surface. Germans are the main tourists among more than 20 million who visit Croatia annually, heading mostly to its pristine Adriatic coast.
Arab News
a day ago
- Arab News
German toddler dies after water slide fall in Croatia
ZAGREB: A German toddler died after falling from a water slide on Croatia's northern island of Rab, police and media said Wednesday. After the accident, on Tuesday afternoon, the child was flown from Rab to the northern Adriatic city of Rijeka for treatment, but doctors could not save her, said a police statement. The circumstances of the accident were being investigated, the statement added. A police spokeswoman told AFP that the child was a toddler. Local media reported that the little girl slipped from her father's arms on the slide at the aquapark in Lopar, and fell on the concrete surface. Germans are the main tourists among more than 20 million who visit Croatia annually, heading mostly to its pristine Adriatic coast.
Al Arabiya
a day ago
- Al Arabiya
German toddler dies after water slide fall in Croatia
A German toddler died after falling from a water slide on Croatia's northern island of Rab, police and media said Wednesday. After the accident, on Tuesday afternoon, the child was flown from Rab to the northern Adriatic city of Rijeka for treatment, but doctors could not save her, said a police statement. The circumstances of the accident were being investigated, the statement added. A police spokeswoman told AFP that the child was a toddler. Local media reported that the little girl slipped from her father's arms on the slide at the aquapark in Lopar, and fell on the concrete surface. Germans are the main tourists among more than 20 million who visit Croatia annually, heading mostly to its pristine Adriatic coast.
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
Father-of-five, 30, who spent £3,200 a month on cocaine reveals his incredible transformation after going sober
A father-of-five, who started using drugs when he was 14, has revealed his transformation after addiction saw him spend a staggering £3,200 a month on cocaine. Reece Rowley was addicted to the class A drug for years, but has now been clean for seven months. The 30-year-old used drugs to cope with his anger after his father left the family when he was a baby. By the time he was an adult, he was spending an astounding £800 a week on cocaine. Rowley slept on the streets for eight months and took himself to hospital four times, each time suspecting he was having a heart attack. Now he's turned his life around after starting a 12-step rehabilitation programme, and he wants to use his experience to help other addicts. 'I'm so proud of myself,' said Rowley, from Harlow, Essex. 'I feel so lucky and grateful. 'Things are so different now. My mental health, my financial situation, my relationships are better, and I can look at myself in the mirror.' Rowley said he hadn't been sober for such a long period since he was 14 years old. 'People stop me and say I look so different,' he continued. 'I'm able to be more grateful. I see pleasure in the small things like getting up and having a shower.' The father wants to share his experience to raise awareness, but he also hopes he can prevent at least one other addict from dying. 'You can come out the other side,' he said. 'I'm aiming to be someone's sponsor one day, but I have to stay disciplined. 'The addiction wants you isolated, but you aren't alone.' Rowley's life started to spiral when he began smoking cannabis at 14. His behaviour got so out of control that his mother and stepfather asked him to leave the family home, and he moved in with a neighbour. When he turned 18, he became a father and started using cocaine. At the height of his addiction, 5ft 7in Rowley weighed just 9st 5lbs (59kg). Rowley dealt drugs and stole to fund his habit. He slept rough, stole food and went to prison for actual bodily harm. 'Even so young, my addiction had consequences,' he said. 'My dad took off when I was a baby and raised his two other children, and it made me angry.' Rowley remembers how he 'took it out' on his mother and stepfather, who then asked him to leave the family home. 'I was left to my own devices, and it was scary, but from that stemmed more anger and resentment. 'Addicts are very self-absorbed, and they think "why me?" but I wasn't thinking about how my actions affected my mum and stepfather.' When Rowley was 18, he met a woman with whom he had a baby, and the new family went into shared accommodation. The young father's work life wasn't going well. He eventually bumped into a man, offloaded about his troubles, and was given a 'drug phone' that he began running for £170 a day. Rowley's life changed and he was thrust into a world of partying and hard drug use. He said: 'I fell in love with the party life and stayed out for days on end, leaving my child and partner at home. 'Then I got into cocaine. It was a weekend thing at first, but it crept into weekdays. 'I was irresponsible, aggressive and I couldn't take accountability, so my relationship broke down.' In the 12 years since, Rowley has managed to transform his life for the better. He now weighs a healthy 13st (82kg), works as a landscaper and lives with his grandmother. 'I used to live in squats,' Rowley recalled. 'I slept outside a row of shops in the town centre and would wake up surrounded by pigeons. 'I had to steal my food and I was skin and bone. I lost everything.' Rowley went on to have four more children. He says he was trying to get sober for six years and even tried rehab, but left two weeks into the eight-week treatment. He finally decided to give up drugs for good after his second stint in prison. 'It became an existence. Every time I used it, I could feel my heart beating. I had pains and I couldn't breathe or smell. 'When I thought about the damage to my family and the trauma I'd caused, I knew I couldn't go on like this anymore. 'I looked at myself and knew I couldn't keep causing pain. I had a choice. I've got five children. I can let them bury me, or I can choose to give them hope. 'I'd let them down, but I wanted them to be able to look at me and say "That's my dad".' Still in the early stages of the journey to recovery and sobriety, Rowley is trying to maintain his progress. But he is under no delusions about the pain he caused in the decade and more of his drug use, adding: 'I know that seven months sober doesn't undo 15 years of chaos.'
