Sunday morning, the Luna Park in Cap d’Agde was closed and the perimeter cordoned off by the police, noted an AFP correspondent.
“Two people were victims of an accident while using the attraction called ‘Adrénaline’: a 17-year-old teenager, who died of his injuries, and a 19-year-old young woman transported to hospital in Montpellier in absolute urgency,” prosecutor Raphaël Balland said in a statement.
“They would have hit obstacles during their fall, this attraction consisting of tipping over in the void attached to ropes connected to pillars, causing a pendulum movement after a fall of about sixty meters”, specified the prosecutor.
Jail
A judicial investigation was opened for homicide and involuntary injuries, and four men, including the manager of Luna Park, placed in police custody from 03:00 to try to understand as quickly as possible what happened, a- it still stated.
There was wind during the night, “which is very rare in Agde”, explained to AFP the mayor of the town, Gilles d’Ettore, indicating that gusts could be the cause of the accident. .
No municipal decree has been taken in the past to stop this type of carousel in the event of wind, because the question had never arisen in this commune, he also explained.
