News tracking! Cctv interviews amusement park tourists who rushed out of the slide accident. More details are exposed.
CCTV News:On the afternoon of May 1st, an accident occurred in a parent-child amusement park named "Children’s Yard" within the jurisdiction of Taiping Street, Tianfu New District, Chengdu, Sichuan, in which tourists rushed out of the slide protection facilities, resulting in 2 deaths and 12 injuries. After the incident, the whole park has been ordered to stop operation, and the relevant person in charge of the enterprises involved has been controlled. So, how did this accident happen? What is the situation on the spot? CCTV reporters telephoned the witnesses at the scene of the accident.


This is the scene photographed by witnesses at that time. The accident happened at a large slide in the playground. The tires used to ride the slide were scattered all over the place. Some adults were lying on the ground and could not move. Firefighters, police and medical personnel were on the scene to carry out rescue.
Witnesses at the scene said that the amusement facility of the incident was a steel slide, which extended from the hillside to the foot of the mountain. The way of playing was to slide down from the top of the mountain with tires.

Witness Ms. He: "The slide rushed down abruptly. It was connected by four tires. Four tires wired in the middle were equivalent to playing in groups of four people. Four people rushed down in groups. It must be that the impact was too great. Rush to the position of the interface below, bounce people up and then fall. After falling, its protective fence protection measures are not in place, and all people are thrown out. "
A number of witnesses said that there was no staff at the slide at that time. At the time of the incident, many tourists slid down at high speed and crashed together, rushed out of the slide and fell to the ground.
Witness Ms. He: "We went in from beginning to end, and we didn’t see a safety instructor or a safety reminder to guide us how to play. We all played with our own dolls, and there was no fence next to them."
Accidents caused by unauthorized operation during the period of closure and rectification.
The reporter learned that this playground is not the first time that a tourist safety accident has occurred, and this accident is taking place during the closure and rectification of the park. If the merchants do not operate without authorization, such a tragedy will not happen. Why can you open your business without authorization during the period of closure and rectification? Let’s continue to look at the investigation by CCTV reporters.

The reporter came to the incident site on the 2 nd. The entrance of this parent-child paradise has been closed, and a public sign "Equipment maintenance is closed" is hung up, and everyone is prohibited from entering.

The reporter learned from the relevant person in charge of Taiping Sub-district Office in Tianfu New District that on July 9, 2017, the second day after the official operation of this parent-child park, there was an accident in which amusement facilities collapsed, causing three people to fall. On July 10th, the park announced the suspension of business. At the beginning of April this year, Taiping Sub-district Office once again issued a notice of closure and rectification for the "Children’s Yard". However, the notice has not been lifted, but the "Children’s Yard" opened for business without authorization during the period of closure and rectification.
Why do you open the park for business without authorization for the place that has been rectified and closed? The reporter contacted the relevant departments such as the Party Group Work Department of Chengdu Party Working Committee and Taiping Sub-district Office in Tianfu New District, and all replied that the current incident is under investigation and it is temporarily inconvenient to be interviewed. The results of the investigation will be announced to the public in time.
At present, the local authorities are making every effort to treat the wounded. CCTV reporters will continue to pay attention to the follow-up progress of this accident.