In Surabaya, Indonesia, the Kenjeran water park had an accident at noon on the 7th. One section of the popular water slide suddenly fell off, causing minor injuries to 17 visitors who were having fun on the water slide, which collapsed at a height of about 8 meters. According to a witness who was near the scene of the crime, in the seconds before the slide fell off, he has found the waterslide joints serious leaks, and then saw the slide fall off in front of him, many people did not have time to react from the slide fell heavily. Many of the visitors suffered serious injuries, mostly to the head, and even the possibility of shock, while three of the children showed signs of broken bones in their arms and legs.
According to Bambang Irianto, head of Kenjeran Waterpark, their team regularly performs regular maintenance on the waterpark’s facilities, and the last maintenance on the waterslide was done nine months ago. He also mentioned that in general, the number of visitors reached 300 to 400 per day, but since it is now the Eid holiday, the number of riders may have reached a thousand, so it is suspected that the reason for the slide falling off is because of overloading.
He also said that the water slide is guarded regardless of the entrance or exit, and only 5-10 people are allowed in the water slide at a time, but the accident occurred when it was found to be overloaded. Usually less than 10 people are waiting up there, and only when people slide down, someone can come up, a communication error may have occurred leading to the accident. The person in charge has cooperated with the local police to investigate, and the water slide at the scene of the accident was temporarily cordoned off by the police for investigation.
