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WATCH: Video shows boy walking on monorail tracks at Pennsylvania amusement park

WATCH: Video shows boy walking on monorail tracks at Pennsylvania amusement park
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Updated: 5:01 AM CDT Aug 31, 2025
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WATCH: Video shows boy walking on monorail tracks at Pennsylvania amusement park
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Updated: 5:01 AM CDT Aug 31, 2025
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Video shows a boy walking on the monorail tracks at Hersheypark before being rescued by an adult.Watch the video in the player above.The video, sent to sister station WGAL, shows a panicked crowd trying to direct the child to a nearby roof, where a man is waiting to grab him.The man then hops up on the monorail from the roof of the nearby building, picks up the boy and carries him to safety. The child was reported missing around 5:05 p.m. Saturday after becoming separated from his parents, according to a statement from a spokesperson for Hersheypark. While employees were searching for the boy, he entered a secured area for the monorail and remained there for almost 20 minutes before briefly walking along the track. The monorail was not in operation, and the ride was chained off as the child walked on the tracks, according to the park. The park said a guest quickly noticed the child walking on the tracks and helped the child off the track to safety.

Video shows a boy walking on the monorail tracks at Hersheypark before being rescued by an adult.

Watch the video in the player above.

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The video, sent to sister station , shows a panicked crowd trying to direct the child to a nearby roof, where a man is waiting to grab him.

The man then hops up on the monorail from the roof of the nearby building, picks up the boy and carries him to safety.

The child was reported missing around 5:05 p.m. Saturday after becoming separated from his parents, according to a statement from a spokesperson for Hersheypark.

While employees were searching for the boy, he entered a secured area for the monorail and remained there for almost 20 minutes before briefly walking along the track.

The monorail was not in operation, and the ride was chained off as the child walked on the tracks, according to the park.

The park said a guest quickly noticed the child walking on the tracks and helped the child off the track to safety.