15 injured as giant octopus ride crashes at fair
A PANIC spread at a crowded Red Cross fair in Samut Prakran last night when a giant octopus ride snapped sending riders seated on its tentacles crashing to the ground injuring 15 of them, INN News reported this morning (Nov. 20).
A Facebook user “’Visanu Prathancha” shared a video clip of the giant octopus ride malfunctioning at the Samut Prakarn fair with this showing 1 of the 5 octopus tentacles breaking and crashing to the ground with the other 4 following suit.
The machine was still revolving as shock spread among the fairgoers.
Rescuers quickly took the injured to Samut Prakran Hospital with the heaviest injury being a broken ankle and the rest suffering from ankle pain and cuts.
A check showed that the octopus ride, called Thakada Octopus and owned by is Somdej Rasamee, 60, was constructed on big metal frame with each of the 5 tentacles holding 4 seats.
It was the hydraulic cylinder which had broken into two pieces with the head also getting damaged.
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Top: The damaged octopus ride being covered with a canvas. Photo: INN News
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