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.

A planned New Year Eve’s drone show in Manhattan’s Central Park has been grounded after a young boy in Florida was walloped and gravely injured by one of the flying devices during a Christmas spectacle.

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.

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.

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.

At least five drone shows have been canceled or have paused the use of the systems, after several drones struck a crowd at a holiday show in Orlando on December 21.

Holiday drone shows have been rising in popularity but some are being cancelled after a mishap in Florida that left a 7-year-old boy badly hurt.