Boy Dies After Getting Rolled Up Inside Parking Lot Security Gate

[Killroy]

BROOKLYN, NY — A young boy in Brooklyn died a horrible death on Sunday after he got rolled up into the security gate of an apartment complex.
The boy, 12-year-old Yakim McDaniels, was with two friends playing a game with the gate when the incident occurred. The object of the game is to jump on the gate as it rises and be the last one to jump off.
McDaniels won when he was unable to free his hand and was pulled up into the upper portion of the gate and crushed to death.
“He was screaming and screaming and he got caught up on the top of the gate. From his head to the back of his shoulders went under,” said a witness. “He was like rolled up at the top and he was shaking, like convulsing. He did that for five or 10 minutes and just stopped,” said another.
For 20 minutes McDaniels hung there like a macabre banner until firefighters were able to turn off the gate and attempt to extract McDaniels from the machine. Once the cover was removed, witnesses were greeted with a gruesome sight.
“The boy’s arms were above his head, wrapped up in the fence.…

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[moonlilly1981]

I wouldn't mind seeing a picture of this gate if there is one available.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

I wouldn't mind seeing a picture of this gate if there is one available.

Go to the Front Page. One of the links embedded in the article has a picture of it. It's a big ass roll-up thing.

[moonlilly1981]

Thanks Dakota

[moonlilly1981]

Now that I have seen the picture of the gate I am really curious to know exactly how one would get rolled up in a thing like that. Is there no emergency shut off on the thing when there is an obstruction? Or was it faulty? You would think that there would be some sort of safety feature on the gate to keep things like that from happening.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

You would think that there would be some sort of safety feature on the gate to keep things like that from happening.

There is. It's called common sense.

[moonlilly1981]

Bored 12 y/o boys seem to lack that.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Bored 12 y/o boys seem to lack that.

If we put safety features on everything that bored 12yos could use to create mischief and die from, the world would be a sad and boring place.

[moonlilly1981]

True True, that is why I am looking into a giant hamster ball for my boy. Six y/o bored boys do dumb stuff too, and hes an adventurous little thing. As parents we must remind our children daily to not do dumb shit.