DALLAS –
A one-year-old was ejected from a roller coaster at Magic Depot theme park yesterday. While the ride has strict height and age limits, the mother, Julie Rake, 17, was able to sneak her son onto the ride under a coat. The baby was not fastened in and Rake claims she thought she would be able to hold on to the baby, even under the extreme G force of the roller coaster.
“This was an accident,” Rake told Dallas police. “I was holding him tight! I just wanted my baby to have a good time. We were partying. I shouldn’t be in trouble for this.”
A bystander happened to catch the unfortunate event on his Iphone.
“I was taking pictures of my son and wife on the coaster and I see an object and I reviewed my photos and was shocked to see it was a child. What kind of parent takes a toddler on a roller coaster?” the bystander said. “This country isn’t the same as it used to be.”
Amazingly, the child survived but doctors said it had sustained heavy brain damage and a broken back and will likely never walk or talk.
Police will charge Ms. Rake with child endangerment but it’s uncertain, Rake being seventeen, if she will be prosecuted as a juvenile or an adult.
Ms. Rake blames Magic Depot for not doing a thorough enough check to stop her from taking her son onto the ride.
“If Magic Depot was doing their job,” Ms. Rake said. “They would have caught me smuggling my baby onto the roller coaster and been able to prevent this accident. I’m going after them… legally. For ten million dollars. People need to also boycott Magic Depot.