Boy banned from bungee jumping

Paris - French legal authorities have banned a five-year-old boy from bungee jumping, warning his family that the sport could…

Paris - French legal authorities have banned a five-year-old boy from bungee jumping, warning his family that the sport could endanger his life, health and welfare.

A local child protection agency discovered Mike Traut's penchant for the sport after his father advertised for sponsors to back a jump that could have got Mike into the record books, the French daily Liberation said yesterday.

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