The roller coaster at the Tivoli Friheden amusement park in Denmark was closed permanently on Friday July 15. This after a 14-year-old girl died of it following an accident.
TRAGEDY! In Denmark, the attraction “Cobra” has been permanently closed in the amusement park, Tivoli Friheden, on Friday July 15th. It’s a roller coaster can reach a speed of 70km/h. This decision was made the day after a 14-year-old girl died in an accident in Arhus. This roller coaster had already had a serious accident to its credit sincehe had already injured 4 people in 2008according The Parisian.
This fatal accident happened held on Thursday July 14in the afternoon. “A cart from the attraction came off the back, killing a teenager Danish girl aged 14 and injuring a 13-year-old boy in the hand“, reports the media. Moreover, after the death of this teenager, the whole amusement park has been closed and evacuated from its visitors. If the roller coaster will no longer reopen, the park, meanwhile, will reopen on Monday, July 18according to the direction of the park.
The front part of the roller coaster had come off in 2008
14 years ago, these roller coasters, with a circuit of 400 meters and 25 meters high, had already caused a serious accident in 2008. This after the inauguration of the attraction “Cobra”. At the time it was the front part of the roller coaster which had come off. Balance sheet : 4 people had been seriously injured. An investigation had, of course, been opened. concluding a build error.
“After the accident of 2008, and now that of 2022, we no longer have confidence in the fact that the attraction is safe enough to remain part of Tivoli Friheden“, said Henrik Ragborg Olesen, director of the park, during the announcement of the closure of the attraction “Cobra”.