Children taking ’roundabout challenge’ can suffer fighter pilot-style injuries, parents are warned

A boy went into school with a puffy face and a bloodshot eye after being subjected to a dangerous ’roundabout challenge’.

Parents have been warned about a new trend where children sit on a playground roundabout and are then spun as fast as possible.

The child, who attends a primary school in Wigan, had bruises on his left arms and legs after visiting the playground the previous night. 

PCSO Anita Ashton used the example in a letter to schools warning them about the new ‘craze’, the Manchester Evening News reported.  

Tyler had to be immediately rushed to the Queens Medical Centre, in Nottingham for treatment for severe injuries [File photo]

Last year another child, Tyler Broome, 11, from Nottingham, was left with possible damage to his brain and vision after being found unconscious near a playground roundabout.

The young boy had been told to sit in the middle of the roundabout as it was spun at high speed using the rear wheel of a motorcycle by a group of teenagers.

Tyler was with his friend at Ashvale Park near his home when the pair were approached by a group of older teenagers – one with a motorcycle, his mother claimed.

His mother said the group wanted to recreate the YouTube stunt, which involves the rear wheel of a motorbike being placed against the roundabout to spin it at high speed.

She says her son was encouraged to sit in the middle of the roundabout while it was sent spinning, subjecting the boy to enormous G-force. 

Tyler had to be immediately rushed to the Queens Medical Centre, in Nottingham for treatment for severe injuries.

His mother claims his injuries were so rare hospital staff had never witnessed anything like them before and had to research it before they could treat him.  

The roundabout challenge could even cause the fighter-pilot style injury of a redout, where blood rushes to the head from other parts of the body. 

A redout can cause eye damage and can even cause strokes.  

The roundabout challenge could even cause the fighter-pilot style injury of a redout, where blood rushes to the head from other parts of the body. A redout can cause eye damage and can even cause strokes [File photo]