In the village of Lom nad Rimavicou in the district of Brezno, an attraction known as the Biggest Horehron Swing broke on Friday (May 1), and three people were injured in the accident. Air rescuers also had to intervene on the spot, the incident is being investigated by the police. The portal tvnovy drew attention to the case. According to the police, the wooden prism structure of the swing broke during the accident in Loma nad Rimavicou.
“When it broke, this swing, on which three people were at the time, fell. In this case, a criminal prosecution was initiated for the crime of bodily harm,” Nikola Žabková, spokeswoman for the Regional Directorate of the Banská Bystrica Police Force, told TASR. The event resulted in three injured persons, a 71-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man were taken to the hospital in Zvolen by paramedics, another woman had to be transported by air paramedics. “At the scene of the accident, they took care of a 48-year-old woman who was hit by a falling swing frame.
After treatment and treatment, she was airlifted to the university hospital in Banská Bystrica with a cervical spine injury and superficial head abrasions in a stable condition,” said Zuzana Hopjaková, spokeswoman for the Air Transport-Europe Helicopter Emergency Medical Service. The largest Horehron swing is located above the village of Lom nad Rimavicou, the attraction was four meters high. The location offers views of the Low Tatras, Klenovský and Ľubietovský Vepor and, in good weather, the High Tatras.
