By Perry Smith and Kamryn Martell
California Highway Patrol officers said Monday a parking lot incident the previous day at Six Flags Magic Mountain is being investigated as an accident.
The initial 911 call was reported as a possible parent and child who were struck by a vehicle shortly before 5 p.m., according to Officer Megan Curtiss with the California Highway Patrol Newhall-area Office.
Nearby first responders were on the scene within about three minutes, she said Sunday.
“It was actually not a crash,” said Officer Mendoza of the CHP Newhall-area Office, in a text message Monday. “A family member was driving and made a quick brake application, causing the child who was not secured with a seatbelt to be ejected from their position in the seat.”
Mendoza said the child was not ejected from the vehicle, but thrown inside the car, where the child was struck by an unknown object in the vehicle during the incident.
Sgt. Francisco Vargas of the Newhall-area Office said Monday the incident happened inside a guest parking lot at the amusement park, and it did not result in serious injuries to the child, despite the child being airlifted from the park as a precaution.
Vargas could not say why the car had to stop suddenly, adding the incident was under investigation but was being treated as an accident.
The initial investigation did not result in any arrests or citations, he said.
