A a press conference after the accident, he said there had been no mishaps at the park. The report contradicts previous statements made by Sega president and COO Hisao Oguchi. The "Viva! Skydiving" ride was mentioned numerous times as a ride where accidents had previously occurred. One accident last month involved a Sega Joypolis employee who sustained a head injury after being hit by a roller coaster while picking up lost property. Several serious injuries were reported in the accident report, including bone fractures caused by visitors being wedged between equipment. Sega Joypolis has 23 rides, including the skydiving simulator. According to the Kyodo News service, police revealed that Sega’s Tokyo office recorded more than 50 accidents since the amusement center opened in July of 1996. The police search of Sega's Tokyo offices uncovered a disturbing accident report, which authorities released to Japanese news media outlets on Friday. The Sega offices searched were Sega Corporation in Ota Ward, Tokyo, an office at the Sega Joypolis complex in Tokyo's Daiba area, and another office of a company with ties to Sega. Tsubouchi was restricted to a wheelchair.
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Junichi Tsubouchi, a 30-year-old unemployed man from Ishikawa Prefecture fell about 15 feet from the skydiving simulator and died 90 minutes later. The ride, called "Viva! Skydiving" was at the Sega-owned Joypolis amusement center located in Tokyo's Daiba waterfront area.Īs reported earlier, the accident occurred on April 18. The search was conducted on suspicion of "professional negligence" related to the death of a handicapped man who accidentally fell from a skydiving simulator. TOKYO-The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reported that 12 investigators from the Tokyo Waterfront Police and Metropolitan Police Department's First Criminal Investigation Section searched Sega's headquarters last Thursday.
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