Police say a 2-year-old
was critically injured Saturday after being struck by a train ride at
the Land of Make Believe amusement park.
The incident happened around 1:05 p.m. at the park in Hope
Township.
There are signs at the park telling parents to "please
keep children off the tracks." A witness tells News 12 the boy was on the tracks and when the train struck him. The boy was airlifted
to a hospital, where he remains in critical condition.
Lilian Decker says the train was too heavy to lift so the
conductor had to put the train in reverse to free the child.
“I thought he was going to get off the track, but he didn’t and
then I thought the conductor would see him, and then it just hit him, and I started screaming and me and my
daughter’s boyfriend ran over,” says Decker.
News 12 has reached out to park management for a comment on the
incident, but has not yet heard back.
The park was opened in 1954.