Overview

• A woman slipped out of both her primary and backup harnesses during a bungee jump at WildPlay Nanaimo, falling 10 feet into the river below.
• She suffered minor injuries, was treated on-site by emergency responders, and taken to the hospital for observation before being released in stable condition.
• WildPlay Nanaimo has closed its bungee jump and bridge to investigate the incident and plans to reopen with a new single-system harness by the weekend.
• This marks the first such incident in WildPlay’s 20-year history, during which over 400,000 jumps have been completed without prior accidents.
• Provincial regulators are reviewing long-standing recommendations for updated amusement ride safety regulations, originally proposed in 2019 but never implemented.