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Video: Waterpark wave machine triggers 'tsunami', 44 Injured

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The water park is closed and is under investigation.

Published: Thu 1 Aug 2019, 10:18 AM

Updated: Thu 1 Aug 2019, 12:43 PM

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A wave machine at a waterpark in northern China went rogue, launching a crushing tsunami that injured at least 44 people.
Officials at Shuiyun Water Park said that the wave machine malfunctioned, and that the worker operating the machine was not intoxicated, as some media originally reported.
Video shared on social media shows the moment the machine generated the enormous wave, turning a relaxing afternoon at the pool into a bloody nightmare with screaming adults and crying children.

Some swimmers were launched out of the pool and onto the pavement. One woman was on the ground afterward, knees bloodied.
The water park is closed and is under investigation.



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