Disney Dood Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- Workers at a water park in central Russia have found the body of a 14-year-old boy in a swimming pool pump chamber three weeks after he went missing, Russian newspapers reported on Monday. Staff at the amusement park in the city of Kazan checked the pump on Saturday evening because it had been spewing out cloudy water and not working as normal, the Kommersant newspaper said. Inside the pump chamber, workers found Sergei Matveyev's body. Prosecutors believe Matveyev may have been sucked through a faulty grille into the chamber while diving underwater when he and his family visited the park on July 2, the daily said. An extensive search failed to find Matveyev and until the body was discovered, police believed he had been kidnapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neogreeneyez Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 That sucks.... pun intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDWliker Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 ^ That was so funny I forgot to laugh. Anyways, they should at least keep up good matinence, as much as they can do. And if they knew it was faulty, they should've blocked it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtime&Gravity Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Wow, that is one of the worst ways to die at a park. Truly a sad accident, but I'm amazed that it went unknown for three weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odene497 Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Staff at the amusement park in the city of Kazan checked the pump on Saturday evening because it had been spewing out cloudy water and not working as normal, the Kommersant newspaper said. That's gross, and freaky. Very unfortunate. -Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELZ Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 That sucks.... pun intended. dude that sucks, you're sick! i dnt usually post on the "accident" threads, but mate thats disgusting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 There are just so many things wrong with this...and one of the reasons not to go to crappy amusement and water parks. First off, there was a grill missing on a large filter pump system. Secondly, no one noticed a 14 year old boy getting sucked into one. Lastly, that the water has been contaminated with decomp for three weeks now and no one noticed. Wow, just wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrider06 Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 That is so horrible. i dont know what to say except the fact that i agree with Elissa. how does no one notice something like that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 That must have been a pretty traumatic discovery for whoever was sent to fix the pump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 In mother Russia water park drowns you! Seriously, this is beyond the pale. I feel for this kid and his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 God, this kinda makes me scared of wave pools now. Creepy how they still operated the ride even though they didn't notice a dead body floating there. I hope I don't get a nightmare tonight and I feel sorry for the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vekoma Fan Boy Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 There are just so many things wrong with this...and one of the reasons not to go to crappy amusement and water parks. First off, there was a grill missing on a large filter pump system. Secondly, no one noticed a 14 year old boy getting sucked into one. Lastly, that the water has been contaminated with decomp for three weeks now and no one noticed. Wow, just wow. Could not have put it any better myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ccron10 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 This sounds like it would come our of some horror movie. Has to be one of the worst ways to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdillaman Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I don't recommend a TPR Russia trip after seeing the lax safety standards that must be in place over there. This should NEVER happen. The grates need to be checked more often than they obviously were. This is horrible and if I had a say the waterpark would be closed down or at least the managment fired and charged with manslaughter. -James Dillaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerC Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 There are just so many things wrong with this...and one of the reasons not to go to crappy amusement and water parks. First off, there was a grill missing on a large filter pump system. Secondly, no one noticed a 14 year old boy getting sucked into one. Lastly, that the water has been contaminated with decomp for three weeks now and no one noticed. Wow, just wow. I agree. The most disturbing part was how he spent 3 weeks in a pump dead! I mean...for those 3 weeks, guests have been swimming in contaminated water! You would also think that they would check the grills on pools to make sure they are safe and not rusting. Also, how big are the grills? This one had to have been pretty big to suck a 14yr all the way into the chambers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmulder21 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I remember watching a swimming video where Russian athletes swam in brown water... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas2 Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 This is really disgusting, it's my worst nightmare to be stuck underwater. I cannot believe it And the body was there for 3 weeks! All the contamination, it really freaks me out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmBy Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 God that is awful, must have been horrible for the family still thinking he was alive after being kidnapped. It must have been a hugh pump to end up sucking a kid in, surely there should be censors or a switch off if this happens. Just shows how some countries still operate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrenaline_Rush Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Thats terrible, They should check the grills regularly, and wouldnt this be kinda obvious that people were swimming in some NASTY crap water! I feel sorry for the kid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingScooter Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 That's seriously sad. Anyone watch the movie: Citizen X? After watching that movie, it doesn't surprise me a 14 yr old could go missing at a park and no one looks in the obvious place. The pump for the system was probably from an abandoned nuclear power station from the Ukraine. Russia does not have deaths in parks: That is a decadent Western phenomenon. (circa 1980's) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliath513 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 That must have been a pretty traumatic discovery for whoever was sent to fix the pump. This looks like a real life situation from in the movie Jaws when the diver discovers the dead guy's head underwater. Situations like this freak the h*** out of me. God, this kinda makes me scared of wave pools now. Creepy how they still operated the ride even though they didn't notice a dead body floating there. I hope I don't get a nightmare tonight and I feel sorry for the family. The body was not floating in the pool. It was in the section behind the wave pool where the pump machine creates the wave. I wouldn't be surprised if the body was horribly disfigured by the heavy machinery. My worst fear is being trapped underwater and this would be such a horrible way to die. -Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disney Dood Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 ^ I heard when you're drowning that right before you die you feel sort of relaxed. But then again, if I was trapped in a pump, not so much. Does anybody know if at the top of the pool pump chamber if there's an air bubble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neogreeneyez Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 ^At first thought it sounded like a dead guy told you that. lol But I had forgotten that you can be revived from drowning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastrfreak2000 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I think this surpasses the SFKK drop tower accident for being the most disgusting and horrible thing I've ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCOSurfer90 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 This is horrible. Dying this way has been one of my worst fears since I was little. Honestly that has to be one of the worst ways to die EVER. I give my deepest sympathies for the family of the boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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