A 5-year-old girl is being treated at the Karamandane pediatric hospital in Patras, who was seriously injured on Saturday afternoon at the playground of Ancient Olympia in the center of the city.

The little girl almost lost her eye when she tripped and fell on irons protruding between concrete.

According to the girl’s father, the child tore his face right next to his eye, and later tests showed that he suffered a skull fracture.

The incident happened around 6pm. “There were about 50 children with their parents in the area and they were playing. There was also a children’s party there. My daughter tripped on the ground and landed on the concrete where the irons were sticking out and was injured. We immediately took her to the Arch. Olympia Health Center and from there to the Pyrgos hospital. Now we are in “Karamandanio” where he is being treated and we are waiting to see from the tests beyond the tear in the eye, what else he has suffered because there is a fracture in the skull” said Thanasis Karahalios.

A resident of Platanos Ilias, Mr. Karahalios, went with his wife and daughter to the playground for the 5-year-old to play with the other children, but he did not expect that such a serious accident could happen. Especially when it is supposed that playgrounds across the country – due to other serious accidents and mishaps that have happened in the past, have been closed to be built with child safety certifications and conditions.

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And clearly the responsibilities of the municipality of Archaia Olympia are great, especially when several hours after the accident, the playground continues to be used by children and the site has not been blocked off, as can be seen in the photos taken on Sunday morning.

The family is expected to take legal action against the municipality, so that this blindness and any others in the future do not suffer other children and families…

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