Boy received serious injuries from tombstoning
Posted May 24th, 2008 by minortopics | via ukpress.google.comMT’s first question? What the heck is tombstoning??
Apparently, it’s when you jump into a body of water from a signifant height. So, jumping off a cliff or a bridge. (Why would anybody in their right mind to this?)
Apparently, it’s a fad. A fad of teens and young people who have very poor judgement.
MT thinks a fine punishment, aside from the injuries he’s received, is to pay for his rescue efforts through montetary obligations.
A 14-year-old boy is in hospital with suspected spinal injuries after he landed on rocks whilst tombstoning.
The teenager, who has not been named, was tombstoning - jumping into water from height - in the Fishers Nose area of the Barbican in Plymouth, Devon. But he suffered suspected spinal injuries, a broken wrist and lacerations when he slipped and fell onto rocks.
He was rescued by inshore lifeboat and taken to hospital in the city.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the Coastguards have repeatedly warned thrill seekers about the dangers of tombstoning.