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An incident occurred on the Roller Coaster merry-go-round of the Fête des Loges in Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines). (© 78actu – JV)
An incident by chance without gravity, occurred Friday July 9, around 10 p.m., at the Fête des Loges in Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines).
A young man, from Maisons-Laffitte, went to the famous funfair with his family. With his 6 year old son, they rode a roller coaster including the Roller Coaster attraction. At the start of this, the father’s safety harness came off.
“He installed me, the harness attachment was engaged, it was locked. After the first big slope, the train goes up immediately behind, it created like a shock and it unclipped. I finished the attraction with the harness in a vacuum. ”
The Mansonnian then clung to the strength of his arms but claims to have “been afraid of falling on the side because of the centrifugal force”.
The material is checked daily
Informed, one of the members of the Fête des Loges warned the commissioner of the Festival as well as the fairground: “The commissioner took charge of the incident. He then decides whether or not to leave the attraction open, or whether it is necessary to have an additional security check. The commissioner was to go there on Sunday July 11.
“When the harness goes down, it’s up to you to adjust it to your body. We no longer touch customers because of the pandemic, we do not push the harness on the person, ”testify the two fairgrounds, an uncle and his nephew, who take care of the Roller Coaster. They ensure that the father of the family would not have pressed enough to tighten the harness at chest level.
“We are always very careful. The merry-go-round is checked by the commission before the Festival. We re-check the equipment every morning. We are not there to hurt someone”
After this incident which caused more fear than harm, the showmen assure that they will redouble their vigilance.
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