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I managed to miss this news story last week (the accident occurred on the 6th) but I've just come across a whole host of articles on it.
What was meant to be a happy family reunion turned into a tragedy last week when a 10 year old boy died at West Park in Wenzhou, China. The accident occured on the parks river rapids ride when the boy fell into the water and became trapped in the rides conveyor belt lift which brings the circular rapids boats back to the station.
A roughly translated news story from the Chinese site WRZB can be read below.
The ride was swiftly closed down following the accident and the river channel drained of water. My heart and deepest sorrow goes out to the boys family and friends.
It's always difficult to read and write about accidents at theme parks and its tough to get the whole story about any incident especially when all the news is in Chinese. However it does sounds like a tragic accident. Can anyone identify the manufacturer of the rapids?
Pictures of the ride and a the accident scene can be seen below.
Another picture of the scene can be seen in the link below but some people may find it disturbing so i left it out of the forum post. Perhaps some of our Chinese speaking members can shed a little more light on the accident too?
Source: http://vhcoasters.com/
What was meant to be a happy family reunion turned into a tragedy last week when a 10 year old boy died at West Park in Wenzhou, China. The accident occured on the parks river rapids ride when the boy fell into the water and became trapped in the rides conveyor belt lift which brings the circular rapids boats back to the station.
A roughly translated news story from the Chinese site WRZB can be read below.
The ride was swiftly closed down following the accident and the river channel drained of water. My heart and deepest sorrow goes out to the boys family and friends.
It's always difficult to read and write about accidents at theme parks and its tough to get the whole story about any incident especially when all the news is in Chinese. However it does sounds like a tragic accident. Can anyone identify the manufacturer of the rapids?
Pictures of the ride and a the accident scene can be seen below.
Another picture of the scene can be seen in the link below but some people may find it disturbing so i left it out of the forum post. Perhaps some of our Chinese speaking members can shed a little more light on the accident too?
Source: http://vhcoasters.com/
