By Jean-Marc Aubert
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updated on 6 Aug 23 at 7:17
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Drama on this night from Saturday to Sunday, on a merry-go-round Luna Park du Cap d’Agde, avenue du Pasteur Challies, on the Ile des Loisirs, in the town ofAgde : an accident resulted in one death and one serious injury. A survey of police is open.
According to our information, the accident occurred on the merry-go-roundAdrenalinea giant swing with a rubber band, an impressive attraction of 60 meters high and which propels thrill seekers, let loose in the void at a phenomenal speed of 110 km/hhurtling towards the ground in free fall.
violent tramuntana
The exact circumstances of this tragedy are not yet known, but it is not excluded that a violent gust of tramuntana, which was blowing up to 80 km/h, which was the origin of the tragedy, since the two victims, tied together, were suddenly sent against one of the large poles supporting the elastic cable, where they would have hit their heads violently and ejected: the report shows one dead, a 17-year-old boy who could not be resuscitated and one seriously injured. The firefighters of Sdis 34 and the Smur-Samu intervened to rescue the two victims. The one who is alive was hospitalized in an absolute emergency.
On 5 hectares
The Luna Park in Cap d’Agde is an amusement park that includes around twenty rides for adults, around ten others for families, and around twenty attractions for children, as well as many games. skill and chance, all on a surface of 5 hectares, on Leisure Island. Presented as one of the largest in Europe, it attracts thousands of thrill seekers, especially in the summer season.
The emotion was considerable after this terrible tragedy. The carousel was closed and placed under judicial seal, a technical expertise will be carried out quickly under the authority of the public prosecutor of Béziers, who supervises the investigation of the police officers of the police station of Agde. Since that night, they have been carrying out numerous investigations.
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