2023-08-14 14:39:00
A terrible accident occurred this Sunday followingnoon in the middle of the ducasse at La Hestre in the entity of Manage. For some reason still unknown at this point, a ride’s gate opened while the attraction was running. Several people fell and were injured: seven in total.
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On Sunday, the mayor of the entity reported a seriously injured victim: a 10-year-old girl who was between life and death. She is hospitalized at Saint-Luc Hospital.
This Monday morning, Bruno Pozzoni gives news of the victims: “They have all been stabilized”, he tells us. However, the mayor of Manage might not tell us how the child was doing. “A medical meeting is taking place this morning”he continues.
“One person remains in a worrying state”
Shortly before 1 p.m., we learn that the little girl’s state of health is improving. “She’s out of danger., says the mayor. It is a polytrauma, she is still followed, but she is out of danger.
“One person remains in a worrying state, it is a young girl hospitalized in Tivoli for whom there is a follow-up. Three of the victims have been operated on and are in the orthopedic service. One is released and one person is in psychological distress and is supported by psychologists to try to reduce his trauma”, details Bruno Pozzoni.
Regarding the investigation, it is obviously still ongoing. The prosecution and an examining magistrate descended on the spot this Sunday, experts were mandated. “Firefighters climbed onto the merry-go-round and took a number of parts that were broken on this craft. The analysis is in progress and I assume that the investigating judge or the prosecutor will communicate on the progress of the investigation.” The showman was heard last night.
The fair will open exceptionally later this Monday, from 7 p.m., but it is maintained. “The question arose in depth, and we felt, in discussions with several specialists, that people should continue to talk regarding it, not shut themselves up at home and stay on the event. And that also allows us to to meet them and direct them to our listening cell since many witnesses were present. A part was taken care of, but in the drama that unfolded, many moved away from the place and today, we tries to recover all these witnesses who suffered psychological trauma”concludes the mayor of Manage.
Witnesses still extremely shocked
This Monday, the accident of the day before is on everyone’s lips. Some residents wonder whether or not to maintain this type of attraction at fairgrounds. Other local residents met this morning evoke fatality, an unfortunate accident. They highlight the regular checks that are carried out at these attractions.
Everyone obviously thinks of the victims. But there are the witnesses, the people who saw the victims being thrown off the ride and falling. These people are very marked, even traumatized. This is particularly the case of a 15-year-old girl who, at first, believed that one of the victims had died.
The two people, among the seven injured following the opening of a barrier in a fairground attraction at the Ducasse de La Hestre (Manage), who were in critical condition, are doing better. Their condition stabilized. The showman was initially deprived of his liberty, before being released.
The only security barrier of a fairground attraction opened on Sunday in the middle of the followingnoon while the attraction was in motion during the La Hestre fair. Several people were in the carousel at the time. “The victims fell from a height of two to three meters. There are seven people injured, two of them more seriously”, confided Bruno Pozzoni, mayor of Manage, just following the events.
Two people, including a young girl born in 2012, are still in critical condition. “They suffer from multiple fractures and injuries“, specified the Charleroi public prosecutor’s office, in charge of the file. An expert descended on the scene to make the first observations. “It turns out that the attraction’s closing and blocking system is broken. It is now necessary to deepen the analyzes to know what is the cause of what: is it the break that caused the accident or the reversee?”
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