[AN] Un homme décède dans une attraction aquatique de Playland Amusement Park

Boy dies on water ride at Playland amusement park

ASSOCIATED PRESS

RYE, N.Y. - A boy died Wednesday on a ride at the Playland amusement park in Westchester, the county executive's office said.

The death occurred in late afternoon on Ye Old Mill, a boat-in-the-water amusement that is tamer than many of the historic park's rides.

Donna Greene, a spokeswoman for County Executive Andrew Spano, said the boy was found in the water. The cause of death was not immediately known. Spano planned a news conference at the park Wednesday night.

In May 2004, a 7-year-old girl was killed on Playland's Mind Scrambler ride, which was spinning riders around in a darkened tent to flashing lights and loud music. Investigators concluded that Stephanie Dieudonne, of New Rochelle, wriggled free of the restraining bar on one of the Mind Scrambler's cars, knelt on the seat and fell soon after the ride started.