Boy, 13, gets stuck climbing into claw machine for prize
Apr 17, 2023, 11:51 AM | Updated: 2:04 pm
SEATTLE, WA - DECEMBER 09: General view of prize balls in the eBay Claw Machine during the 'Did You Check eBay' Holiday Airstream tour at Westlake Center Plaza on December 9, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Mat Hayward/Getty Images for eBay)
(Photo by Mat Hayward/Getty Images for eBay)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy had to be freed from a claw machine after he climbed inside hoping to score a prize, according to an official at a North Carolina amusement park.
Carowinds officials were alerted just before 2 p.m. Sunday that the boy was inside the Cosmic XL Bonus Game, which contained plush prizes, according to Courtney C. McGarry Weber, a spokesperson for the park south of Charlotte.
The medical response team unlocked the machine and the boy was able to get out, she said. He was treated and released from first aid to his guardian.
The boy has been banned from the park for one year for attempted theft, Weber said.
