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Crack in water basin – injured in accident in Europa-Park

Entrance area of the Europa Park in Rust. photo

© Patrick Seeger/dpa

Europa-Park is a popular destination, especially during the summer holidays. People ride roller coasters and watch acrobatic shows. One of them went completely differently than planned.

In an accident in the largest Amusement park in Germany, the Europa-Park in Rust near Freiburg, four people were injured, according to the police. According to initial findings, a scaffolding from which people were supposed to jump into a pool of water had collapsed, a spokesman said. Several media had previously reported about it.

A spokesman for the park said a mobile pool from the “high-diving show Retorno dos Piratas” ruptured during a performance. The water flowed into the lake of the “Atlantica SuperSplash” attraction. A visitor suffered a minor abrasion, the park said. No other visitors were affected.

“Atlantica SuperSplash will be back up and running shortly,” the spokesman said. During the summer season, Europa-Park is open daily from 9 a.m. to at least 6 p.m.

“Retorno dos Piratas” is about high diving acrobats who plunge from dizzying heights into the depths. On its website, the park reports: “An impassable island with huge cliffs looms out of the ocean over the approximately 20-minute show in the Portugal themed area: there, rough pirates vie for a mysterious hidden treasure that lies deep on the seabed.” There are several performances daily.

Europa-Park is Germany’s largest amusement park. Last year, more than six million people came to the facility with roller coasters and other attractions in the Ortenau district near the German-French border – that was a record.

Almost two months ago, there was a fire in the “Yomi Magical World of Diamonds”. According to the findings at the time, a technical defect may have triggered the fire. An expert opinion on the cause of the fire was commissioned. Two firefighters were slightly injured in a large-scale operation involving hundreds of rescue workers. Two family attractions ran through the damaged building: the “Alpenexpress “Enzian”” and the “Tiroler Wildwasserbahn”.