時事新聞:美國迪斯尼樂園 飛船奪命

A German woman who fell ill after going on a ride at Walt Disney World died of bleeding of the brain, the medical examiner's office said Friday in a preliminary report. The report did not mention any connection between the ride and the woman's death.

Hiltrud Bluemel, 49, also had severe, long-standing high blood pressure, said Dr. Jan Garavaglia, Orange-Osceola chief medical examiner, in a statement. There was no evidence of bodily injuries.

The official cause of death will not be available for several weeks, when toxicology reports and other tests are final, Garavaglia said.

Disney said it would reserve comment on the report until it was complete.

"Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the family in the wake of Ms. Bluemel's passing," spokeswoman Kim Prunty said.

It was the second death in less than a year related to the Epcot Center ride Mission: Space, which spins riders in a centrifuge that subjects them to twice the normal force of gravity. It is so intense it has motion sickness bags and signs warning people with heart, back and neck problems not to board it.

Walt Disney World reopened the ride Thursday, a day after the woman's death, saying engineers found it was operating properly. A 4-year-old Pennsylvania boy died in June on the ride. An autopsy determined he died of a heart condition that a medical examiner said can cause sudden death in stressful situations.

日前，一名德國婦女在佛羅里達州迪斯尼愛普卡特中心公園乘坐太空飛船後出現身體不適，並隨後因搶救無效死亡。

據美聯社4月13日報道，佛羅里達州迪斯尼樂園發言人普魯迪指出，這名婦女現年49歲，她在11日乘坐“太空任務”飛船後感到身體不適，出現頭暈和嘔吐徵狀。她隨即被送往醫院，但因搶救無效於次日身亡。普魯迪透露，截止到12日，迪斯尼方面還沒有得到有關死者的更多信息，而死者迅速死亡的原因也尚不清楚，佛州有關部門會對這一事件做出調查。迪斯尼方表示，這名婦女可能有高血壓或其它疾病。

與此同時，“太空任務”飛船遊戲被立即關閉，這已不是它第一次出現人命事故。去年6月，一名來自賓夕法尼亞州的4歲男孩與母親和姐姐在乘坐“太空飛船”的過程中出現身體僵硬，四肢崩緊的徵狀。男孩在遊戲結束後四肢發軟、反應遲鈍，最後也因搶救無效死亡。後來，法醫對男孩進行了屍體檢驗，並判斷他死於在緊張情況下可能導致突發死亡的心臟病。

然而，就在事故發生的第2天，“太空任務”飛船又開始照常營業。耗資1億美元的“太空任務”是迪斯尼樂園科技含量最高且最受歡迎的遊樂項目之一。該遊戲通過旋轉地心引力模擬出火箭發射時太空艙內的感受，並在飛船昇天後開始一個虛擬的火星之旅。遊玩者可以親歷到瞬間失重感。許多遊客表示，事後都有噁心不適。