Young Woman Pushes A Child And Causes Serious Fractures

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

A teenager in Minnesota faces serious charges of allegedly pushing an 8-year-old boy on a 31-foot-tall waterslide "because the line was too long."

Roman Adams, 18, was arrested after shoving the boy and causing him to fall on a slide at the Apple Valley Aquatic Center. The boy suffered fractures in the shoulders, feet and legs as a result of the incident, but he survived and is stable, according to various sources.

The horrible accident happened without further explanation, witnesses said. "There was no discussion, no pushing, no shoving, no words exchanged," Nick Francis, Apple Valley police captain exclaimed to FOX-9 station. "This guy just came up and pushed this poor boy up from the top."

According to the police, Adams suffers from cognitive disorders, however, he was aware of his actions and admitted that he had pushed the boy because the line on the slide was "very long" and had waited his turn to launch for a long time.

"He knew what he did was wrong, he knew that what was going to hurt someone and he did it," the suspect told CBS.

After the fall, the minor lost consciousness and was rushed to the hospital where he underwent various surgeries. Fortunately, despite how dramatic his fall was, doctors say he sustained no injuries to his skull or internal organs, and is expected to recover optimally.

"We have someone who is alive today, someone we think would not be alive yesterday," Francis explained. "Incredibly, the victim is in good spirits, can speak, laugh a little. His only question was: 'Why did this happen to me? Why did that person push me? '”

Adams was arrested at the scene and is now facing third-degree assault charges, although authorities will take his mental condition into account. "It is difficult when we have to consider someone as a possible suspect when they have mental disabilities," said the police chief. "But our job is to determine whether or not a person committed a crime, whether or not he could distinguish between good and bad."