Parents Blame Amsterdam Climbing Gym Directors for Son’s Fatal Fall

Two directors of Klimmuur Amsterdam must receive a community service order of 120 hours and a suspended prison sentence of three months, according to the Public Prosecution Service. The Public Prosecution Service holds them responsible for the death of an 11-year-old boy at the end of 2023. He fell almost 14 meters during a children's party, according to a reconstruction by Het Parool. The boy was resuscitated after the fall and taken to the hos…

The parents of the 11-year-old boy who died a year and a half ago after falling from a climbing wall in Amsterdam have sued the directors of Klimmuur Amsterdam BV. During a hearing at the court in Amsterdam, the mother stated that she holds the directors responsible for her son's death. "Because of you, we lost him and that is criminal," she said in an emotional victim statement.

The parents of the 11-year-old boy who died after falling from a climbing wall in Amsterdam hold the two directors of Klimmuur Amsterdam BV responsible for the death of their child. According to the mother, they let their son climb "in an extremely unsafe house of cards." "Because of you, we lost him and that is criminal," she said in a victim statement during the trial at the court in Amsterdam.

According to the Public Prosecution Service, the fatal accident at the Climbing Wall on the Dijksgracht was the fault of negligent owners. And local residents have filed a lawsuit against the municipality because more tourists are expected to come to the city again next year. That and more in the AT5 News of Monday 26 May, presented by Fabienne Mucuk.

Parents blame Amsterdam climbing gym directors for son’s fatal fall

The parents of an 11-year-old boy who died after falling from a climbing wall in Amsterdam are holding the two directors of Klimmuur Amsterdam BV responsible for their son’s death, De Telegraaf reports.

The death of the 11-year-old boy who died after falling from a climbing wall in Amsterdam is attributable to the two directors of Klimmuur Amsterdam BV. That is what the boy's parents think, they said in court today. The sports facility was 'an extremely unsafe house of cards', says the mother.