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An accident occurred on an attraction at Luna Park in Cap d’Agde in Hérault overnight. A passenger was thrown onto a pole and hit his head. A 17-year-old boy is dead, a 19-year-old woman is seriously injured.
The party turned tragic at Cap d’Agde in Hérault. At Luna Park, a permanent funfair, the Adrénaline is a thrill ride. Nothing went as planned that night. Around 2 a.m., one of the passengers was suddenly sent against one of the large metal poles that supports the structure, reveals Metropolitan News.
The victim hit the post with his head. The report shows one dead and one seriously injured. The victim is a 17 year old boy. The seriously injured person is a 19-year-old woman. Polytraumatized, she was hospitalized in Montpellier. The Samu and the Hérault firefighters intervened.
This kind of giant swing 60 meters high, to which the passengers are attached by elastic, consists of projecting you into the void in free fall towards the ground at 110 km/h. Videos of former passengers, online on Tiktok, provide a better understanding of what the Adrenaline attraction has to offer.
@hichamlj Luna Park Cap d’Agde ADRENALINE part 3/3? Thank you The cameraman @Axel? ?? #fêteforaine #capdagde #adrenaline #capdagde2023 ♬ original sound – hicham.lj
@hichamlj Luna Park Cap d’Agde ADRENALINE 2/3? ?? #fêteforaine #capdagde #adrenaline #capdagde2023 ♬ original sound – hicham.lj
@jasong.c ADRENALINE CAP D’AGDE? #foryou #capagde #attractions #holidays2021 ♬ Myself – Bazzi
Too strong a gust of wind?
Only the police investigation will know what could have happened. Metropolitan News put forward a hypothesis. A violent gust of tramontana, which was blowing at 80 km/h last night, could possibly be an explanation.
Provided technical expertise
After the accident, the carousel was closed immediately. A technical expertise of the carousel will be carried out. The investigation is being conducted by the Agde police station under the authority of the Béziers prosecutor’s office.
A previous accident in 2019
This is not the first time that an accident has occurred on this carousel. In 2019, a man suffered a head injury. Adrenaline had been temporarily closed, recalls Free lunch.
Luna Park is an amusement park with dozens of rides for children and adults located on the leisure island of Cap d’Agde. It attracts tens of thousands of tourists from Easter to September, especially in summer. It presents itself as one of the largest amusement parks in Europe.
