Carnival Ride in Spain Kills Three

[deathbydinn]

 

“We heard a bang and we were all paralyzed.” Several witnesses to the accident at the fair Villacañas (Toledo) have revived the tragic incident this morning in which three young men have died of Romanian nationality to shed part of an attraction. There is also a wounded young “very serious”.

 

Manuel, a young Romanian who was that night at the fairgrounds where the events occurred, explained that after hearing the “coup” everybody was “paralyzed.” “Everyone came running to try to help the injured but by then the worst was over, “he says.

 

He added that “the good thing is that no one [was] under the attraction at the time that [the seats] fell off the car because if not, said,” the tragedy would have been much higher. “ Furthermore, it indicated that after that “no one will be mounted and in that attraction.” Several witnesses have said that the attraction “was mounted in the afternoon.” ”The rush is not good,” he lamented.

 

Three Romanian youths, aged between 20 and 31 years, died early this morning to break off and fall out of a sideshow attraction at parties in the municipality of Toledo Villacañas. The dead are BDT neighbor Madridejos (Toledo) and was born in 1990, and brothers in Campo Real (Madrid) IA, born in 1980, DA, born in 1988.

The fourth young man traveling in the seat of 16 years and also Romanian, near Villamayor de Santiago (Cuenca), has been operated at the Hospital Virgen de la Salud de Toledo to have suffered head trauma and 13.00 on Tuesday has been transferred to the ICU in an “extremely serious”, according to health officials have suggested.

 

The incident occurred at 4.00 am, on the first day of the village festivals.The Civil Guard is investigating the cause of the accident , which occurred while breaking one of the seats of attraction called ‘Extreme’ and collapsed next to the station ticket to board the attraction, according to statistics provided by the Speaker Civil Guard in Castilla-La Mancha, José Luis Capilla. Chapel added that the Civil Guard is talking to bothwitnesses and the owner of the attraction.

 

The attraction had the municipal license.

Villacañas Mayor, Santiago Garcia , explained the attraction of the fair had the required municipal license and “sight” had no deficiencies, but the judicial police are reviewing all documentation.

 

It was the first time that ‘Extreme’ settled in Villacañas and some neighbors and witnesses of the tragedy have explained that the accident occurred at three minutes into the shift. These neighbors have explained the attraction ‘Extreme’ is mounted on Monday at noon, when other devices were placed at the fair.

In addition, the Civil Guard, attended the local police and firefighters went Villacañas, several ambulances in the area, the UVI Tembleque and Quintanar de la Orden, an emergency physician, the helicopter medicalized and group psychological intervention, including effective . This is the most serious accident of the fair since 2000.

 

The City of Villacañas (Toledo), a town of 10,000 inhabitants located 80 kilometers from the capital, has decided to suspend all events planned for Tuesday in August holiday, which began last night and just today is its’ big day ‘. This agreement will have adopted the council after meeting with representatives of the rocks, according to Councilman Antonio Ruiz IU, who stressed that all the neighbors were “very shocked” by what happened. This is the second accident that occurs on amusement rides in this year 2011 in Castilla-La Mancha.

 

The first of these accidents took place last February in Moral de Calatrava (Ciudad Real) when less than six years died after being trapped in a carnival ride during the festival of San Blas.

 

Juan, another of those present and also Romania, pointed out that happened was a “disaster” because the dead are “civilians” and that what we now want to know is “what and why no one has said anything” . Also reported that the girl in the hospital came from vacation .

 

The attraction, which can go up to 16 people and has hundreds of light bulbs, strobes and a powerful stereo, got a big crowd all night until the time of the event worked well, as some witnesses have reported . Others, however, explained that one of the arms “made much noise.”

 

The accident occurred at four in the morning when a seat came loose and he fell next to the ticket because of the attraction. The deceased are two brothers of 31 and 23 years living in Campo Real, and a young 21-Madridejos-resident, all Romanians.

 

Also at attracting a 16 year old friend of the deceased who was injured serious head injury and is admitted to the ICU of the Hospital Virgen health.

 

“While the boys are not here, feels much, there are three victims. We are terribly wrong, the truth is that yes, all very sore and very senses,” said a shocked local residents.

 

The owners of Attraction ‘Extreme’ have testified to the Guardia Civil. Also, the mayor, Santiago Garcia, said in remarks to the media that permits the rugged attraction already in the hands of the Judicial Police“shall determine whether there is any deficiency,” however, said that “so have seen there is not. “

 

This Wednesday will resume Villacañas parties, in the words of the mayor, will be restored “in tribute, remembrance and solidarity that corresponds to the deceased.”

 

Link with video (in Spanish)

[Cyber.Fiber]

This is very sad news. Many blessings go out to the families. I'm guessing that the ride was not assembled correctly, or that there was some sort of maintenance neglect.

[GeorgeT]

This is like a bad dream

[redmenace8]

Apparently the ride in question has been reported on several other sites as being a knockoff of the KMG Freak Out. It even included signs that look like KMG's version. The source of the ride is either Hungary or Poland; the manufacturer isn't yet clear. I do hate the idea of people thinking this is from a quality manufacturer like KMG. A cheap copy hurts that industry's image. Of course, the prevention of loss of life is the top priority given the accident that happened and any future accidents.

[oriolat]

The ride was from Czech Republic and it was a KMG knock-off.

 

It has been rumoured that the welding was not well performed or that the materials were not the most suitable for the ride. Anyway, the accident has been a shock for many people in Spain, just one year after the accident on PNDOL.

 

Funny thing is that the Spanish media is confusing everyone by showing videos of a top scan named "Extreme", just because it shared the same name of the ride, called "Extrem".

 

Here's a video of the ride when it was in Hungary:

 

[travanx]

As someone who has a degree in structural engineering, I can't believe there are knock off rides! I can't even imagine how terribly built that stuff would be. It's not like you just can look at ride and copy it. =(

[BaMiTsPaT]

It upsets me when I hear about accidents like this. This company that is selling these KMG knock-offs should be using materials that ensure guests' safety, but something tells me that cost-cutting and the bottom line won again

[deathbydinn]

Statement from KMG International:

 

This letter is to inform anyone whom it concerns about an accident that happened on a fair in the town of Villacanas in Spain. On August 9th, 2011 a terrible accident happened to a ride called Freakout where the passenger seating facility came off the ride causing three deaths a one severe injury.

Although the ride was called Freak Out and the outlines of the structure look likes the main structure of the KMG Freak Out, KMG states the following:

 

The ride involved in the above mentioned accident is not constructed by KMG and its construction is not related in any way to the design of the KMG Freak Out ride manufactured by KMG in The Netherlands. Therefore KMG Freak Out rides are not related to this accident.

 

We hope to have you informed sufficiently.

 

Kind regards,

 

Bas Derkink

Mechanical Engineer KMG

 

http://rideaccidents.com/