SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The Oakland County Sheriff's Office says a 15-year-old Rose Township boy who had to be cut down from a zip line at a school playground earlier this week has died.
The victim died Thursday at Genesys Hospital.
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The Sheriff's Office said someone had called 911 Tuesday alerting deputies that the teen was hanging by his neck on the grounds of Davisburg Elementary in Springfield Township .
The chain hanging from the pulley mechanism is what people grab onto. Deputies had to use bolt cutters to free the boy. Sources close to the investigation told Local 4 the chain was wrapped around his neck twice.
He had a faint pulse when deputies arrived and he was rushed to a hospital.
The Sheriff's Office said the teen was with an 18-year-old Springfield Township woman playing on the zip line and the incident appears to be a "tragic accident."
Investigators have been trying to figure out what went wrong at the playground.
The victim was a student in the Holly School District.
The Genesee County Medical Examiner's office said an autopsy will be performed.