A 46-year-old Victoria father has passed away after an accident at Extreme Air Park in Richmond, B.C. on Saturday night.
Shortly before 8:00 pm On January 20th, 2018 Richmond RCMP responded to an incident at the privately-operated leisure facility in the 14000 block of Triangle Road.
The victim, a Jay Greenwood, was at the facility with his two children.
“Acrobatic Manoeuvres”
He was allegedly performing a series of acrobatic manoeuvres prior to a fall that caused serious injury and then went into cardiac arrest. He passed away shortly afterward.
The Richmond RCMP General Investigative Section (GIS) is investigating the matter.
According to CBC News, the scene was horrifying. Witnesses said Greenwood jumped into a foam pit and didn’t resurface. At least one man – identified as Charlie Bouzakis – jumped in to help and saw that Greenwood was blue in the face and his neck appeared broken.
Greenwood’s two young daughters were in tears, with strangers attempting to comfort them.
Responses to the incident:
Bouzakis posted the following statement on Facebook, criticizing the Extreme Air Park’s handling of the situation:
CBC also cited a Facebook post from an Extreme Air Park team member, who wrote the following:
“I appreciate your attempts to help and commend you on the courage it took to assist in this situation. This circumstance weighs heavy on all of our hearts. Sincerely, thank you for your assistance. Although our team [was] supervising, it is impossible to prevent any accident that happens in such an instantaneous manner that is not a result of equipment failure, even with a one-to-one staff to customer ratio. At this time, our focus and concern is with the family.”
A lawyer told the CBC that the park is not making any more comments.
