During the funfair in Clermont-Ferrand, a 21-year-old young woman fell several tens of meters while she was in a merry-go-round. She died instantly.
It is a real drama that took place on Saturday February 4 in Clermont-Ferrand. For several days, the Cristal Park funfair has been set up as every year on Ernest-Cristal Avenue. And while the festive atmosphere was in full swing, around 4:30 p.m., the worst happened: a 21-year-old young woman lost his life In carousel accident. It was while she was on the Maxximum attraction, which consists of a pivoting central arm of about fifty meters, that she was victim of a fall of several tens of meters. The young woman is then fell on the reception boothin which the person in charge of the attraction was, reports The mountain.
In cardio-respiratory arrest when help arrived, she did not survive, despite attempts at resuscitation carried out by a medical team from the Smur of Clermont-Ferrand and the firefighters of Clermont-Ferrand, Aubière, Cournon-d’Auvergne and Martres-de-Veyre. His death was announced on the spot around 5:30 p.m. Investigators from the Clermont-Ferrand departmental security immediately began the first findings, in order to determine in particular how such a tragedy could have occurred. “It is a priori an accident”said the firefighters on site to Agence France Presse, relayed by West France.
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Seven witnesses in shock
Among the people also taken care of by the emergency services, there is the person in charge of the carousel, who was also injured in the accident, as well as seven people who witnessed the accident. In a state of shock, they have already been welcomed by the psychological support unit which has just been set up by the Samu 63 at the Clermont CHU Gabriel-Montpied, specifies The mountain. After the accident, a security perimeter was set up around the carousel by police officers from the central police station in Clermont. The rest of the Cristal Parc site continues to operate normally, specifies the daily.