Sunday, May 8, 2022 – 20:10 WIB
VIVA – An investigation into the collapse of a slide or swimming pool slide at Kenjeran Park or Kenpark Surabaya, East Java, on Saturday, May 7, 2022, will involve a Canadian company as a builder and designer, namely WhiteWater Canada.
This was stated by the Governor of East Java Khofifah Indar Parawansa when checking the location of the collapse of the slide at Kenpark Surabaya on Sunday, May 8, 2022. “There is a broken cycle, I asked Mr. Paul, the GM of Kenpark and the water park, what is the calibration process. An assessment will also be carried out the Whitewater Canada team,” he said.
WhiteWater Canada is a company that designs and builds water slides, including at Kenpark Surabaya. In 2020, continued the former Minister of Social Affairs, the calibration and checking of the slides have been carried out by WhiteWater at Kenpark. Because investigations and information from the builder are needed to find out exactly what caused the slide to collapse.
On the other hand, Tanjung Perak Port Resort Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner of Police Anton Elfrino Trisanto said that the investigation into the case was still ongoing. Five witnesses have been questioned. “We also complete other evidence,” he told reporters.
To be clear, Anton admitted that his party requested assistance from the East Java Regional Police Forensic Laboratory in investigating the case. From the results of the analysis of the East Java Police Labfor later, clues can be found as to what caused the slide board to collapse. “The East Java Police Labfor will come to the location,” he said.
Previously, it was reported that the slide or water slide at the Kenjeran Park (Kenpark) swimming pool in Surabaya, East Java, collapsed during a crowd of visitors on Saturday afternoon, May 7, 2022. A witness said before the collapse there was water dripping from the surfboard.
“The story was that all of them were standing on a sliding glider, if you measure it [tingginga] There are three floors of the house. At first the water was dripping [dari atas papan seluncur]. More and more people who went to the middle finally collapsed,” said a visitor named Ahmad Yusuf when contacted by cell phone.
