A horrifying mishap at Orlando’s holiday drone show that severely injured a boy is grounding New Year’s Eve displays from Texas to New York City and sparking further scrutiny into what went wrong.

Central Park's New Year's Eve drone show was cancelled following a drone accident in Florida that left a child severely injured. The organizers were unable to arrange an alternative event in time.

The New York Road Runners customarily shoot off fireworks during their midnight run in the popular Manhattan park, but opted for a drone show after a record brush fire period throughout the city last month.

With Dec. 31 less than a week away, the Central Park show could not go on, according to New York Road Runners, the group that organizes the still-happening Midnight Run through the park on New Year’s Eve. The drone show, like the fireworks most years, was meant to accompany the run.

This year’s New Year’s Eve entertainment at Reunion Tower will no longer include a drone show as the show’s North Texas-based drone provider contends with

After a 7-year-old boy was hit by a drone in Florida, the New York Road Runners organization canceled the New Year’s event in Central Park, which was set to feature a 500-drone show. O post New Year’s show in New York with 500 drones canceled after tragic accident in Florida apareceu primeiro em TechBreak.