A water park in the San Francisco Bay Area celebrating its opening day was forced to shut down some water slides after a boy spun off a chute and skidded onto a concrete walkway. The East Bay suburb of Dublin, 27 miles east of San Francisco, for years had been eagerly anticipating the opening of the $43-million complex known as the Wave at Emerald Glen Park. The East Bay Times reported that the boy, 10, was shaken up and suffered scrapes on his shoulder and back. Most of the funding to build the water park came from development fees collected by the city over the last decade. The park has a total of six water slides.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 29, 2017 22:07 UTC