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The raft flipped over on the Tropical Cyclone -a Ride in the "Subtropical swimming Paradise" part of The Holiday village

A Center-Parcs-travel is reversed the focus of an investigation following a raft, injuring A Man and Two Children .

The Man and his nephew, 12, and niece, 13 were injured, on the Tropical Cyclone -travel in The Holiday company's site in Longleat in Wiltshire, on 19. August.

The Man was taken to hospital with suspected broken ribs, while the other Two Children minor head injuries sustained.

Center Parcs apologized for the trouble caused, but said it was "just an unfortunate accident".

There are 23 reports of rafts tilt of the Tropical Cyclone in The Last six months have been, on The Four Center Parcs villages, the journey - Longleat Forest , Elveden Forest , Sherwood Forest and Woburn Forest , according to The Center Parcs numbers.

One of the incidents led to someone having to be treated in a hospital, a Center Parcs spokesman said.

'Into Thin Air '

the incidents of rafts tipping over were "extremely rare" and More Than 340,000 rafts of course, traveled safely in The Last six months, the spokesman said.

Wiltshire Council said a health and safety officer investigating The Incident was Longleat to.

the customer, who wished to remain anonymous, said he and His Family had all been on The Ride countless times before, but This Time , instead of slowing down towards the end of the 142m-course, "we were able to use our speed and they were pretty high up on the side".

The BBC has seen CCTV footage of The Incident .

"We went into Thin Air , and that is the reason why we flipped," said the customer.

"The Thing I really remember was the cracking sound of my ribs hit the side of the channel," he added.

paramedics in attendance, and took The Man to the hospital. He says he still has pain in his ribs and back.

The customer said his niece had an "impressive bump just above her right eye, bruising on The Right side of her chin and a headache" for about a week after The Incident , had during his nephew to be a headache for the rest of The Day .

Center Parcs Longleat Forest is a 400-acre grounds of the Longleat estate

Center Parcs confirmed all three passengers suffered minor injuries.

after The Incident , employees of the driving and safety closed and carried out checks. A spokesman said that Center Parcs was confident there were "no problems" with the train Ride and the staff had loaded the raft.

He said signs at the entrance and at The Top of the Tropical Cyclone Ride made it clear for the guests that the course was "exciting" and "fast-paced" and security briefings will also be floats from the rescue, before the guests begin the journey.

The Ride was fully certified, and covered by the risk assessment and the control measures in place to mitigate risks, Center Parcs, said.

But the customer said the centre had not shown Parcs to explain a "complete lack of responsibility", why the raft had plunged.

he said He felt "every family, the rides of the Tropical Cyclone is overturning on a potential risk for your raft".

'safe'

The Center Parcs said it takes the safety of its guests "very seriously" and has strict controls to ensure that all trips are "as safe as possible".

Wiltshire Council has launched an investigation, and a spokesman told the BBC: "We continue to work closely with Center Parcs and other partners to The Best practice. "

Tropical Cyclone opened in the Longleat holiday village in 2017.

The Ride is described on The Center Parcs as "one of The Most exciting rides" in The Park with a 142m-rate "of twists, turns and gravity-drops-defying".

Last year, The Holiday festival was, after a girl broke her wrist falling from a tree to your holiday village in Woburn, Bedfordshire .

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Source of news: bbc.com