An investigation result into the cause of the accident in Bavarian Legoland will not be available any time soon. Police and prosecutors believe the investigation could take weeks or months.
The investigation into the cause of the serious roller coaster accident in Günzburg's Legoland amusement park will probably not be completed soon - spokesmen for the police and public prosecutor said that the preparation of the accident report would probably take a few weeks or even months. Only then will there be clarity about the reason for the accident in the amusement park.
After the serious roller coaster accident with 31 injuries on Thursday, investigations into the cause began. Representatives of the Memmingen public prosecutor's office got an overview of what was happening in the amusement park on Autobahn 8, as reported by the Swabian South-West police headquarters. An expert took up his work. Video recordings will also be examined.
According to the police, a train from the "Feuerdrache" roller coaster in the amusement park hit a train in front on Thursday afternoon and injured 31 people, one of them seriously. According to the police, the injured are ten children, one teenager and 20 adults. 16 of the injured were taken to a hospital, 15 were able to leave on Thursday evening.
According to Legoland, the "Feuerdrache" roller coaster first leads through a covered, darkened area of the park. Then it's out into the open via a downhill stretch with a few curves. According to park information, the roller coaster travels at speeds of up to eight meters per second, which corresponds to around 29 kilometers per hour. As a police spokesman explained, neither a wagon derailed nor people fell out in the accident.
The accident is reminiscent of a fatal incident at an amusement park in Klotten on the Moselle in Rhineland-Palatinate last Saturday, when a 57-year-old woman fell from a moving roller coaster. There, too, the cause is still unclear. The park initially closed its gates for a few days.
According to the company, Legoland reopened as normal on Friday. The "Land of the Knights" area, where the roller coaster is located, is still closed, a spokeswoman said.
