A 12-year-old girl was injured on Saturday during a fair visit in the North Holland village of Nibbixwoud. The victim fell on a fairground ride, after which her long hair became trapped under a treadmill. The operator is shocked by the incident. “I have not experienced this in twenty years,” he says to this site.
The teenage girl and three friends entered the famous fairground attraction Beach House last Saturday. In this so-called fun house visitors have to navigate all kinds of moving obstacles and floors. When the four girls arrived at a conveyor belt, things went wrong: one of the girls tripped, after which the whole group fell over each other.
The tripping incident had horrific consequences for the 12-year-old girl. Her long locks got caught under the treadmill, tearing some of her hair from her skull. “We think it’s terrible what happened to this girl,” responds the owner of operator JOH Treep/Van der Laan. “We hope she gets out unscathed and that she can continue to do her thing.”
Exceptional Incident
According to the operator, there is nothing wrong with the fairground attraction from a safety point of view. ,,It is inspected every year and we always do our very best to ensure the safest possible experience for everyone. This is a very annoying, but exceptional incident. If you fall wrong, things like this can happen.” Jan Boots of the Nederlandse Kermis Bond also says he has no signals that there is anything wrong with the attraction.
The parents of the 12-year-old girl are disappointed that there was no more supervision in the fun houseit reports Noordhollands Dagblad† They think that the owner should actually advise people with long hair to fasten it with a rubber band. The operator then states that he has had a good and constructive conversation with the parents. “I want to leave it at that,” it sounds on the phone.
According to the regional newspaper, the girl will have to walk around with the consequences for the time being. “A large bald spot has formed the size of a boomerang, where all the hair has been ripped out,” says her mother. “And we just have to wait and see if the hair growth recovers. For a vain 12-year-old that hits hard.”
Watch our most viewed news videos in the playlist below:
Free unlimited access to Showbytes? Which can!
Log in or create an account and never miss a thing from the stars.
#Bizarre #incident #fairground #attraction #girl #hair #pulled #machine