A 14-year-old girl was injured at the fair in Hilversum after a meter-high fall from a fair attraction. The girl fell down about eight meters from the Energizer, an attraction of the Tilburg operator Niek Moonen.
The Brabant fair entrepreneur brought the special attraction for daredevils from the Czech Republic to the Netherlands last year. Since then, Moonen has been traveling throughout the country with the Energizer and is at the fair in Hilversum on Monday afternoon.
The Tilburger operates the attraction together with his wife and two sons. Before he bought the Energizer, he traveled through the country with another attraction: Toxic.
Moonen does not want to respond to content. He indicates that he is still looking for busy at the moment how the accident could happen.
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The emergency services quickly came to the spot on Monday after the accident, reports NH News. The fire brigade placed white screens to keep the victim out of sight of other visitors. According to NH News, the girl only left a broken arm in the accident. After the accident she was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
The fair goes on, but for the time being without the Energizer. The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority is investigating the incident.