the teenager ejected from a carousel in Saintes in a state of brain death

The teenager victim of a merry-go-round accident at the Saintes funfair (Charente-Maritime) is brain dead, reports France Bleu La Rochelle on Monday, October 10. The day before, the 16-year-old young man – accompanied by 12 other comrades – was violently ejected from an attraction. Dans coma since the accident, he is hospitalized at the University Hospital of Poitiers (Vienne).

The prosecution has opened an investigation for “involuntary injuries by deliberate breach of an obligation of safety or prudence”. The caterpillar-type carousel titled “Himalaya Surf” was placed under seal just after the accident. First step for investigators: check “compliance with the applicable regulations as well as compliance with the periodic checks to which this type of machine must be subject.“As part of his mission, the expert must also specify whether there has been “mechanical failure in the safety devices”specifies the parquet floor of Saintes in its press release.

This mechanism keeps passengers seated in their seats when the attraction is launched at full speed. If some rides are equipped with an automatic bar, this one does not have one, specify the fairground people interviewed. Here, the bar must be mechanically engaged by the user.

The neighbors of the offending carousel are – for their part – formal: their colleague “is up to date with all its technical security checks”. The showmen evoke a proven attraction, “solid design”, “well maintained” and “reliable”. Acclaimed by visitors, thrill seekers who appreciate its “thrust“.

A psychological help unit has been set up in his high school, the air school at Air Base 722 in Saintes. Assistance is also offered to the family of the victim. The organizers of the carnival were in a meeting at the town hall of Saintes on Monday afternoon. Despite the accident, the carnival continues until November 8.