Senator Accuses Popular Trampoline Parks of “Trying to Hide” Deaths and Injuries

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing to regulate trampoline parks amid mounting concern over their risks.  A California police officer filed a lawsuit last week after he was temporarily paralyzed at a trampoline park outside San Francisco in 2013. A recent "CBS This Morning" report revealed six deaths since 2012 and a number of severe injuries at the popular parks. Two weeks ago, CBS News' Meg Oliver went to a Chicago-area trampoline park to assess the potential dangers. Less than an hour before her arrival, Jason Freewalt, a healthy young dad and former college football player, suffered serious injuries to his legs. The 42-year-old...

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