Inside world's ‘grimmest' abandoned water park where moss-covered slides left to rot for a decade after tragic death
NEW pics of an abandoned water park shows its chilling remains following a horrifying accident.
The rides and slides have been left untouched for more than ten years.
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The Copa Capana Water Park, in Athens, Greece, has been abandoned since one of the world's worst amusement park horrors in 2014.
11 years ago, a teenage boy died after an accident involving one of the park's key attractions.
The boy, aged 13, along with his younger sister, nine, were swept up by howling gust of wind while playing inside a large inflatable ball.
They were thrown from the surface of a swimming pool into a metal barrier 30 meters away.
The extent of the damage to the children was immediately apparent, and they were rushed to Agia Sofia Children's Hospital in the city.
Tragically, the boy died shortly after, after sustaining major head injuries which he would never recover from.
Doctors failed to resuscitate him.
Thankfully, his sister managed to survive.
However her injuries were critical, and she wad diagnosed with a severe lung contusion.
This is where lung tissue is bruised by a major blow to the chest, which causes bleeding and fluid accumulation.
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The incident led to the water park's two managers being arrested in relation to the incident.
Officers also began an investigation into whether safety issues had played a role in the boy's death.
In the end, Greek police decided that the disaster occurred due to a combination of " bad weather conditions and human error."
The park was closed for good shortly after.
Now, 11 years on, a group of explorers took cameras into the abandoned park to catch a glimpse of what remains today.
The 30,000 square meter park now appears to be under the exclusive management of mother nature, with overgrown plants weaving between the slides.
Carpets of moss cover the flumes, with the yellow plastic now sporting a green tinge.
Stagnant pools of water, which once collected those riding the flumes are now full of pond-life, such as tadpoles.
Dozens of sun loungers and outdoor tables have been stored away under one of the slides.
The explorers are YouTube group Urbandoned, who have 138,000 subscribers.
They managed to sneak into the park round the back, and had to fight through thick layers of vegetation to get through.
Eventually, a security guard approaches them, and offers to show them around abandoned areas of the amusement park.
This comes after urban explorer Lukka Bradburn found an abandoned
Western Village theme park near Nikkō, Tochigi, in Japan, shut its doors in 2007.
It originally opened in 1973 and was inspired by classic American and Italian Western movies.
Ultimately, the park later closed as a result of competition from Tokyo Disneyland.
Lukka found an intact replica of Mount Rushmore, as well as a stadium where crowds once watched jousting and other sports.
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