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2 Rescuers Injured at Amusement Park
Two of 119 firefighters sustained serious injuries when they fell from a gondola helping the rescue people suspended in the air on a ride at an amusement park in Sochon, South Chungchong Province [Korea] on Sunday afternoon.
According to police and people at the Riverside Parkland, 15 people were stuck 27 meters above the ground on a ride called, ``gyroscope'' for more than two hours.
A team of firefighters was called in to get them down. The accident took place, as they tried to use a gondola connected to an electric ladder attached to a rescue vehicle. The ride suddenly moved down on the gondola and overturned it, spilling the two rescuers from it.
The injured rescue workers were taken to a nearby hospital but were listed in critical condition. All 15 people on the ride were rescued safely without injuries.
Police were checking whether or not the ride was maintained or how the accident took place.
A witness said that the amusement park continued to operate other rides, while rescue operations were under way.
03-21-2004 21:41
[source]
Two of 119 firefighters sustained serious injuries when they fell from a gondola helping the rescue people suspended in the air on a ride at an amusement park in Sochon, South Chungchong Province [Korea] on Sunday afternoon.
According to police and people at the Riverside Parkland, 15 people were stuck 27 meters above the ground on a ride called, ``gyroscope'' for more than two hours.
A team of firefighters was called in to get them down. The accident took place, as they tried to use a gondola connected to an electric ladder attached to a rescue vehicle. The ride suddenly moved down on the gondola and overturned it, spilling the two rescuers from it.
The injured rescue workers were taken to a nearby hospital but were listed in critical condition. All 15 people on the ride were rescued safely without injuries.
Police were checking whether or not the ride was maintained or how the accident took place.
A witness said that the amusement park continued to operate other rides, while rescue operations were under way.
03-21-2004 21:41
[source]