CLARKTON, N.C. – A haunted house in Bladen County will donate half of their proceeds from Monday night's attraction to the family of a teenager hit by a car while attending the attraction.
Officials say the teen was being chased by a cast member with a chainsaw when he was hit by a car on N.C. Highway 211 on Saturday night.
A spokesperson for the haunted house, Frankie Burney, released a statement saying the cast member urged the teen to stop when he kept running: “This was a freak accident that happened at the haunted house tonight. Kid with the saw chased a group out of the back of the house like always. The kid that ran hadn’t gone through the house. I guess the actor thought he had and chased him to the peanut shelter. When the kid kept running the actor cut the saw off and started hollering for him to stop. The kid kept running so the actor took his mask off and jogged behind him still hollering for him to stop. The kid ended up running through the field and up through the ditch a 1/4 mile down the road towards Bladenboro. He ran onto the road, the actor was still yelling for him to stop. He ran back off the road onto the shoulder then stopped and ran right back in the road in front of the car. Luckily about half the house workers are on the fire department so first responders were there very quickly.”
The teen is being treated at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
The haunted house is run by the Clarkton Dixie Youth Baseball organization.
Organizers say this is the first time an accident like this has even happened in the 15 years of running the attraction.
The haunted house will be open from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Monday.