7-year-old girl dies in collision with guardrail while riding luge in Gyeongju (comprehensive)

(Gyeongju = Yonhap News) Reporter Dae-seong Son = At ​​an amusement park in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang, a young child died while riding an amusement ride, and the police launched an investigation.

According to the Gyeongju Police Station and Gyeongju Fire Station on the 17th, at 3:40 pm on the 16th, Miss A (7), an elementary school student who was riding down the luge, an amusement ride, from the Gyeongju Luge World in the Bomun Tourist Complex in Sinpyeong-dong, Gyeongju, collided with a guardrail and fell.

Ms. A was taken to the hospital, but died at 6:10 pm.

Ms. A is known to have ridden this ride with her relatives.

Luge, operated by Gyeongju Luge World, is an amusement ride that descends on a track without a special power device on a specially-made cart equipped with wheels instead of a sled blade.

Gyeongju Luge World opened in November last year and was temporarily closed on the 17th, the day after the accident.

Police and fire departments are investigating the cause of the accident.

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