Six die in space ride horror!

thestandard.com.hk has an article named “Six die in space ride horror” by Phila Siu, Serinah Ho, Rebecca Yu andBeatrice Siu.

Six people were killed in a thrill-ride plunge at a popular amusement park in Shenzhen yesterday.

At least nine people - two from Hong Kong - were also injured when the Space Journey, a dome-like, space shuttle simulator plunged 12 meters to the ground with more than 40 people inside.

The accident happened at 4.45pm in Ecoadventure Valley, part of the nine- square-kilometer Overseas Chinese Town East tourist resort.

But circumstances surrounding the tragedy remained under tight wraps last night, with no details being offered by authorities or park executives.

A deputy general manager of Overseas Chinese Town East, named Wang, limited himself to saying through Xinhua News Agency that an accident was being investigated.

But witnesses were able to provide a brief outline of what happened.

A woman named Zhang from Henan who was riding in the simulator recounted: “There was a sudden loud boom inside the cabin. Then everything went black and I don’t know what happened. I was in the hospital when I woke up.”

She broke her right hand and left leg. Her sister had been with her in the simulator, but her condition was not known.

A rider who escaped unhurt said: “There was a power cut when the crash happened and I smelled something burning. We managed to open the door to escape before firefighters arrived to rescue others.”

Another person who made it out without serious injury recalled a smell of burning rubber and the door being jammed. The people inside were trapped and then rescuers broke in, he said.

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