Four injured in amusement ride accident due to man-made mistake

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/04/01
By: Lu Kang-chun and Shih Hsiu-chuan

Taipei, April 1 (CNA) A three-year-old kid and three adults sustained injuries in an amusement ride accident in Hsinchu city Sunday after a man mistakenly pressed a button that caused the flying machine to move at a high speed when he was trying to adjust the music volume.

The accident took place at the amusement park adjoining Sogo Department Store in the city’s Far Eastern Big City Shopping Malls which launched Sunday the flying machine and other rides to celebrate the upcoming Children’s Day observed on April 4 in Taiwan.

Witnesses said that, at around noon, they saw the flying machine suddenly come to a stop and staff rush to a kid who was frightened by the speed of the flight and tried to slide down the seat.    [FULL  STORY]