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A man has died while experiencing a Halloween attraction at Ocean Park in Hong Kong. This was just on the news in Hong Kong. The think he took a wrong turn and entered a restricted area as he was hit in the head by a fake coffin that was being used in the display. I did not see anything on here, so I thought I would pass it along. The guy who died was getting a preview of the attraction as it is not open to the general public yet.

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...The think he took a wrong turn and entered a restricted area...

 

Surly it's not that easy to just take a "wrong turn" and end up in a restricted area??? --- Oh wait... China? Nevermind. That's explains it.

 

I always hate to hear about a theme park related death. You're suppose to be there for fun, and to have a good time. . . Not for it to end up in a tragedy. Thoughts are with the man's family.

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...The think he took a wrong turn and entered a restricted area...

 

Surly it's not that easy to just take a "wrong turn" and end up in a restricted area??? --- Oh wait... China? Nevermind. That's explains it.

 

Hong Kong and not like the rest of China.

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Hong Kong is becoming more like mainland China, but still has some way to go. It is also important to note that I made that post shortly after I saw it on the news. The "wrong turn" they mentioned may have been him climbing over something or may not have happened at all. It is common for there to be conflicting reports shortly after something like this.

 

Here is the link:

https://www.google.hu/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjh6Lbfh6vWAhWILcAKHQFKB7EQqOcBCCkwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scmp.com%2Fnews%2Fhong-kong%2Fcommunity%2Farticle%2F2111489%2Focean-park-closes-halloween-attraction-after-man-found-dead&usg=AFQjCNHE3vL7xbiM0xjAPjmxfu6bxbdaCg

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http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2111489/ocean-park-closes-halloween-attraction-after-man-found-dead

 

Ocean Park closes Halloween attraction after man found dead inside haunted house

 

Theme park investigating first fatal accident since annual festival began in 2001

PUBLISHED : Saturday, 16 September, 2017, 6:47pm

UPDATED : Saturday, 16 September, 2017, 11:38pm

Xinqi Su

 

 

Police received the alert from the amusement park at 2.06pm Saturday and confirmed a man surnamed Cheung had been certified dead at Ruttonjee Hospital.

 

Cheung was a friend of an employee of a Swire Group subsidiary, the conglomerate confirmed. The group’s staff association had arranged a visit to the park from 1 to 11pm Saturday for an annual staff event.

 

Ocean Park CEO Matthias Li Sing-chung said Cheung was found passed out five minutes after he had entered the haunted house. The area where he was found was supposed to be “a place for our staff to carry out some maintenance work”, according to Eva Au Yeung Yee-wah, the park’s director of events and entertainment.

A haunted house should be designed to offer a single way out for visitors

Greg Wong Chak-yan, structural engineer

 

Called Buried Alive, the attraction consists of a slide and haunted house. Guests take the slide to enter the haunted house alone as part of a “single-player” experience.

 

A park spokeswoman said Cheung ventured “by mistake” into a backstage area open only to staff after he had finished the slide and entered the haunted house.

 

Greg Wong Chak-yan, a registered structural engineer, said such an area should normally be locked to prevent guests from inadvertently entering it.

 

“A haunted house should be designed to offer a single way out for visitors,” the former MTR staff member said. “If an emergency exit is required, a sign should be posted.”

 

Priscilla Leung Mei-fun, chairwoman of the Legislative Council’s justice and legal services panel, believed the park had more to answer for than saying Cheung entered the area “by mistake”.

 

Leung said it would be a point of legal contention whether signs provided by the park were clear and effective inside the haunted house, a place she described as dark and leaving visitors in a fearful state.

 

“Under such circumstances, shouldn’t an area closed to guests simply be locked or equipped with automatic lighting?” the barrister asked.

 

Li said medics at the park had administered first aid to Cheung and called an ambulance as soon as they found him.

 

The park and Swire Group offered their “deepest condolences” to the victim and his family. Li added that the needs of Cheung’s family would be appropriately addressed.

 

The death marked the first fatal accident at the attraction since it was introduced in 2001.

 

[The attraction consists of a slide and haunted house. Photo: Joshua Lee]

 

Au-yeung said the case was under investigation.

 

The park has closed the attraction to facilitate an investigation into the incident by the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department.

 

The department believed Cheung was hit by “moving parts of the slide” in an area normally closed off to visitors and that the accident did not involve mechanical failure.

 

The slide, measuring 4.5 metres long and 2.5 metres high, was approved by the department on Thursday after passing a comprehensive examination by independent inspectors, it added.

 

The park is not allowed to reopen the attraction until the department lifts its suspension order.

 

The park’s Halloween festival is open to the public from October 5.

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