Boy, 13, dies after shirt caught on screw in Miami playground slide, mother says

Mixed · 2Olvin Daniel Cabrera Valladares, 13, died after being found caught inside a playground slide at Shenandoah Park in Miami's Coral Way neighborhood, according to his mother, Estefanía Valladares, who spoke to Local 10. 1 2 Mixed · 2She said a man visiting the park with his own children found Olvin and pulled on him, but he was caught on a screw; when the man pulled again, the boy fell out with his arm inside his shirt and the collar tight around his neck. 1 2 Mixed · 2Olvin was taken to hospital. His sister Stephany wrote in a GoFundMe appeal that doctors did everything possible and that he was declared brain dead on October 1; the New York Post says he was placed on life support first. 1 2

Mixed · 2His mother said he was a student at Citrus Grove K-8 Center and should have been at school; the Post adds that he rode his scooter to the park instead. 1 2 Mixed · 2Miami District 3 Commissioner Rolando Escalona said on social media that the park had been closed for a "non-criminal investigation"; Local 10 reported the slide reopened to the public the next day, and it was unclear whether repairs had been made. 1 2 Mixed · 2A Local 10 crew that visited the park reported that visible screws were flat. A city spokesperson said the matter is under investigation and the city could not comment further; the Post reports officials did not confirm the chain of events the mother described. 1 2

Mixed · 2The GoFundMe for funeral costs had raised more than $10,000 as of October 6, and Valladares urged parents to be careful taking children to such parks. 1 2