Owner Niek Moonen of the fairground attraction where a 14-year-old girl fell out on Monday, says that there was nothing wrong with the Energizer in the days before the accident. Eyewitnesses tell De Telegraaf on Tuesday that the device showed several defects for the accident. According to Moonen that is nonsense.
The messages about possible defects to the Energizer do a lot. “I can’t agree with that at all,” he says up. On the day of the accident, he was on the spot with his son. “A headrest that released? No, that really didn’t happen,” he responds firmly.
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Also stories about a shot bracket is incorrect. “That is nonsense. If a bracket had gone loose, something would have happened before and that is not the case.”
Motorforing days earlier
Moonen does confirm that there was a technical malfunction earlier, but according to him it was separate from the accident. “An engine of the attraction was replaced on April 23,” he says. There would have been a feather stuck in the engine, so that it switches off automatically. “That is a built -in safety mechanism. People don’t notice it. They get out neatly and we check everything.”
After the repair, the attraction was tested again. “The following days he turned smoothly, to the tragic incident that we still don’t know how it could happen.”
On a video from Sunday that the newspaper Has in the hands you can see that a handle is loose on the bracket. The NVWA informed our media partner NH Nieuws to know the video of the attraction, “but there have never been any reports to us about a defect in the attraction.” Moonen indicates that he handed the images of that day to the public prosecutor. “We are still awaiting the investigation. We still don’t know how this could have happened,” he says.
In shock
The accident cuts firmly with the Moonen family. “My son, who served the attraction, is completely devastated. He is not going well. He is fortunately in conversation with professionals,” says Moonen, audibly emotional. “We are very worried about the girl. Fortunately we soon heard after the accident that she was not in danger and was still able to talk to the first aid. But we know nothing else,” he says, wiping his tears away.
The media attention is overwhelming, says Moonen. “I have been called at least 250 times and my family is also harassed. But for me it is only about two things: that the girl and my son are doing well. The rest can be stolen me.”
