This month, an 8-year-old boy who was skating on a large slider crashed into the wall at the end of a swimming pool in a park in Mihama Ward, Chiba City, and suffered a serious injury that broke his leg bone. The amount of water flowing into the slider was large and the speed was too high, so the city decided to suspend the use of the slider and review its operation.
According to Chiba City, on the 5th of this month, an 8-year-old boy who was skiing on a large inflatable slider at the Inage Seaside Park Pool in Takahama, Mihama Ward, collided with the wall at the end of the trip.
In this accident, the boy suffered a serious injury that broke the bone in his left thigh for two months.
The slider was a large one that slid down about 2 meters in length from a height of 7.5 meters, and at the end of the end was a wall that inflated with air to prevent it from jumping out.
After the accident, the city, the pool operator, and the playground equipment manufacturer investigated and found that the amount of water flowing was too large and the speed seemed to have gone too high.
For this reason, the city and operating companies have decided to suspend the use of the slider for the time being and review it to a safe operation method.
Chiba City commented, "We would like to express our deepest sympathies to those who were injured, and we will make efforts to make improvements and ensure that people can enjoy the accident safely to prevent the recurrence of the accident."