LANCASTER : 2 Girls Hurt From Glass Glued on Playground Pole
In an apparent prank that has outraged Lancaster parents and city officials, someone glued glass shards to a playground sliding pole, injuring two girls who later slid down it, authorities said Wednesday.
Paramedics were called to Lancaster City Park on Tuesday morning to treat the girls, ages 6 and 7, for cuts on their hands and inner thighs. The cuts were not serious, paramedics said, but an adult at the park was told the girls should see their family physicians for further treatment, such as tetanus shots.
On Wednesday, sheriff’s deputies were investigating and city officials said that anyone arrested in the case should be charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
The pole is one of two attached to jungle gyms in the popular city park.
Children can climb steps to an elevated platform, then leap onto the pole and slide down.
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