Movie world released from misconduct after the child who was seriously injured during the ride

The film world has been released from a misconduct about an accident in which a 12-year-old boy ran a serious head injury while driving on the carousel.

Work health safety Queensland (WHSQ) accused film world, village show -theme parks, of failure in his duty of care during the incident in April 2022.

Southport Magistrates Court heard that the boy was sitting on the Looney Tunes Carousel ride and stood on the back of the character of Wile E. Coyote, instead of sitting on it.

The boy’s head then went into an open hole in the ceiling of the ride – where the posts move up and down while the carousel is running.

His head was then attached between the edge of the opening and the machines that operates the movement of the poles.

WHSQ told the court that the boy has sustained an ‘ear-ear de-scalping injury’ and various fractures.

Witnesses told Daily Mail Australia at the time that they heard a loud bang before the boy fell off the ride with his hair pulled aside, show his scalp and blood flowed over his face.

WHSQ, however, withdrew its case after just three days of evidence during the trial for the judge alone.

The 12-year-old boy stood on the back of the character of Wile E. Coyote, instead of sitting on it, when his head was imprisoned in an opening on the ceiling of the ride (Stock image of the ride-the-depicted boy was not involved)

The court heard that the boy an ‘ear-to-ear depletation injury’ and various fractures after his head got stuck while driving on the Looney Tunes carousel (photo)

WHSQ lawyer Clare O’Connor had previously told the court an independent safety report that eight months prior to the incident was given to the theme park prior to the incident, the risks in the Carouselrit.

The report explained that there was a risk of crush -because of the ceiling sales and advised the Rigid plastic brushes on the openings.

Mrs. O’Connor said the court that the theme park is considering installing the plastic brushes, but the failure to do this had exposed riders to the risk of injury and death.

Village Roadshow lawyer Saul Holt, however, claimed that the behavior of the boy and the subsequent injuries could not reasonably be foreseen ‘.

“This 12-year-old boy was described by a witness as surfing the character when his head, deliberately or unintentionally, came in the hole in the ceiling of the ride,” said Mr. Holt.

“The steps that were absent according to the persecution would not have prevented this.”

Mr. Holt said that the ride was immediately eliminated after the accident and investigated by engineers before it was opened again a few months later.

The court also heard of the safety consultant David Randall, the author of the Independent Review.

Work Health Safety Queensland’s public prosecutor withdrew the case on the third day of the trial for the judge alone, so that the film world is deleted of a misconduct

Mr. Randall explained that the recommendation for plastic brushes was not a requirement for the carousel to work.

On the contrary, the brushes, if installed, were intended to serve as a tactile deterrent instead of a physical barrier.

He added that the boy’s head still could still go through the plastic bushes and in the machines.

Even with his decades of experience, Mr. Randall told the court that he did not identify a person on a carousel character as a nearby risk.

Film World Attraction Attendant Ruby Piakura, who had operated the Carousel for six months, also told the court that she had never seen a rider on one of the personagets before the incident.

On the third day of the trial, Mrs. O’Connor asked to withdraw the case, and stated that the prosecution did not have further evidence to offer the court.

An application will now be submitted for WHSQ to pay the legal costs of the village of Roadshow -Themapark.