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Jan. 3rd, 2005 09:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselking36 children injured when Youth For Christ organises sledding on a closed hill that prohibits sledding and sends 12 of them at a time down the hill on cardboard boxes.
Three of the children were hospitalized, but all were in stable condition Saturday, hospital officials said. The others were treated and released.
Police Sgt. Winston Black said more than 100 children ages 12 to 19 attending a Youth for Christ event gathered at a high school around 4 a.m. to slide down a hill using sleds built out of cardboard boxes.
A sign posted on the hill prohibited sledding.
The children and Youth for Christ staff piled eight to 12 passengers on the sleds, then went down the hill in quick succession, Black said. "The sleds struck rocks, a light pole and each other," he said.
"They know that it was an accident,"Larry Stenson, director of the Minot Youth for Christ, said. "I think most of them believe our intent with kids is to love them, help them -- help kids grow mentally, physically and spiritually."
Three of the children were hospitalized, but all were in stable condition Saturday, hospital officials said. The others were treated and released.
Police Sgt. Winston Black said more than 100 children ages 12 to 19 attending a Youth for Christ event gathered at a high school around 4 a.m. to slide down a hill using sleds built out of cardboard boxes.
A sign posted on the hill prohibited sledding.
The children and Youth for Christ staff piled eight to 12 passengers on the sleds, then went down the hill in quick succession, Black said. "The sleds struck rocks, a light pole and each other," he said.
"They know that it was an accident,"Larry Stenson, director of the Minot Youth for Christ, said. "I think most of them believe our intent with kids is to love them, help them -- help kids grow mentally, physically and spiritually."
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Date: 2005-01-03 09:25 pm (UTC)