Criminal police are investigating after a serious accident on a swing boat at the Oktoberfest

After the serious accident involving an employee of a swing ship at the Oktoberfest, the criminal police now want to clarify how it could have happened. According to a police spokesman, investigators will interview witnesses and evaluate possible video recordings. The investigation will therefore take several days.

According to police, a 47-year-old was seriously injured in the accident at the historic swing ship on the morning of the last day of Oktoberfest. Rescue workers had to revive the man. He is in the intensive care unit of a hospital.

Passengers were not in danger

The man was “in an area where he is not allowed to go,” said Munich police spokesman Thomas Schelshorn later. There he was hit by the swing. According to the Aicher Ambulance at the Oktoberfest, this hit him in the cervical spine area. According to police, passengers were not in danger.

On the third day of the Oktoberfest there was a fatal accident at a freefall tower: a 52-year-old security employee was trapped under a gondola and later died in hospital.