Child walking on monorail beam at Hersheypark
Looks like he made it out unscathed thanks to a brave bystander.
The monorail has been closed recently. The entrance and exit ramps are chained off, but I don't think there's a gate at the platform.
I get that kids get separated from time to time, but.....yeesh.
Watched the video. I guess it’s fairly easy to climb up there? I haven’t been to Hershey in a looong time, so I forgot how things look.
How does a child that small get onto the beam?
initially I was pissed that some lawyer was going to try and make a run here, but then I started thinking about the actual physics.
how?
I suspect, walked up a closed ramp into the station, probably climbing over a barrier of some kind, climbed from the platform onto the beam, and took a stroll from there.
I would 100% have done that sort of thing when I was that age.
well, yes, thanks for the step by step.
Not being familiar with this monorail (What'd I say, Monorail!), how wide is the gap between station platform and beam?
Yeah, totally blaming the parents here. No child does this on their first time "separated from their parents". They know they have a runner.
Here's a URL for the platform. https://commons.wikimedia.o...tation.JPG
Thanks for that -it confirms what I thought watching the video, that the beam is quite wide. You can see how a kid would walk down it without much concern. Of course, something distracts them or a gust of wind comes along and it’s suddenly tragic.
I was thinking about lawyers too, but what harm would you allege in this case? And would you want to be the parent sitting through a deposition?
Yeah, once he’s on the beam it’s quite wide and easy for him to walk on as evidenced by the video as well. I guess where I’m a little lost is how does that small child get from platform to the beam because that seems like a pretty wide gap
A different day, a different monorail, a different youngster walking the beam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoeY9PzosZ4
Still makes me smile.
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