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[TAWP]

10K is taking responsibility? That is a joke and a slap in the face. How about someone take the owners picture and place a foot on it?

[Tony Clifton]

AS opposed to most mechanical failures, the rotting of the structures I mentioned above is clearly visible. Let's wait and see if they see. If not, money is changing hands not only between owner and victims. Do you think they'll go for a swim in the river pool and look under those small bridges?


Siam Park threatened with closure

Siam Park has been given 10 days to submit the safety records of its amusement rides or face closure following an accident on Tuesday which killed one rider and injured five others.
(10 days? Aren't they on hand at the park or nearby office?)

Thanita Phraewanit, assistant director of the Khan Na Yao district office, said the office has asked the fun park to submit a report on the
safety of all amusement rides and machines by Nov 2.
The park will be ordered to close unless the report is handed to the authorities by the deadline.
She said the city's Public Works Office would send officials to check whether the amusement park has been granted an operating licence.

The accident happened on the Indiana Log ride, one of the park's most popular attractions.
The six victims were riding in two boats gliding down a slope when the power supply malfunctioned. Water pumps on the ride failed, leaving no water for the ride's carriages to float on. As there was no water to cushion the impact of the boats as they raced down the slope, they careered straight through the stop area and crashed, propelling one woman from her seat.

Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin has ordered officials to inspect all amusement parks in Bangkok.

However, Bangkok deputy governor Banasopit Mekvichai explained it was difficult to regulate some amusement parks, including Siam Park, because they were built before the Buildings Control Act was brought into force.


The Interior Ministry, however, is in the process of drafting legislation to control all amusement parks across the country, she said.

Police yesterday pressed charges against two staff of Siam Park in connection with the accident.

Pol Maj-Gen Pisanupong Yukthathat, chief of the Metropolitan Police division 4, said Thosapol Nak-usa and Supalak Thadthong, who were responsible for controlling the rides and electricity systems at Siam Park, have been charged with recklessness and causing death.

Chaiwat Luang-amornlert, Siam Park chairman and founder, blamed the accident on the power failure.

Siam Park has provided initial financial assistance of 20,000 baht to the family of the dead victim.

Police spokesman Pol Lt-Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen yesterday visited 10-year-old Supattra Wong-anu, one of the injured victims, at Nopparat Ratchathani Hospital and gave her a birthday cake. Her stepmother, Pacharaporn Khongkarian, 34, died in the accident.

The park's assistant director, Noppakan Luang-amornlert, gave her a gold necklace, an amulet of the Kuan Yin goddess, a doll and a life-long membership to Siam Park.

The park also promised financial support to see her through to university.
(Providing the lifetime membership at the park doesn't kill her before then.)

Supattra and her family were celebrating her birthday at Siam Park when the tragedy occurred.

Bangkok Post

Edited by Tony Clifton, 2007-10-25 12:50:31.

[astral]

Ah well.
I always enjoyed that ride.

[drummachine]

omg poor people.  A place of fun turns into a nightmare, what is happening.  Safety checks are paramount in any business.

Edited by drummachine, 2008-01-12 21:45:26.

[sriracha john]

UPDATE



Chaiwat Luengamornlert, the owner of Suan Siam park


Fun park offers to settle out of court

Suan Siam amusement park yesterday asked Bangkok's Min Buri Court to allow negotiations over a lawsuit filed by the family of a woman killed on its "Indiana Log" ride last October.

Pachadaporn Khongkrarian died when the water-sluice passenger boat she was riding on collided violently with another. Before the case went to court, the family initially demanded Bt600,000 compensation but raised it to Bt5million.

The park's lawyer, Anek Khamchum, told the court that the defendants wished to pay the family about Bt700,000 in compensation as well as shoulder the cost of the victim's two daughters' schooling until they complete a university degree.

The plaintiff's lawyer agreed to drop the lawsuit if such a compensation package was agreed upon.

The court postponed the trial to April 21.

- Daily Xpress (today)