Pemain Akrobat Sirkus Celaka Ketika Jaring Pengaman Jebol
Acrobat Breaks Back after Crashing Through Safety Net
Editor : Heru S Winarno
Translator : Parulian Manalu
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SEORANG akrobatik asal Kenya, harus dirawat di rumah sakit akibat luka serius yang dideritanya lantaran jaring penahan tidak mampu menahan tubuhnya saat meluncur turun dalam pertunjukan sirkus di Moskow, Rusia.
Video amatir yang ditayangkan televisi Rusia menunjukkan Karo Christopher Kazungu, 22, jatuh melalui jaring saat menggelar pertunjukan, Rabu malam (13/3) waktu setempat.
Suara terengah-engah bercampur kengerian ketika pendukung sirkus bergegas menolong Kazungu yang berbaring terlentang di matras sirkus setelah terjatuh.
The Great Moscow State Circus melalui website-nya mengatakan bahwa korban masih sadar ketika dibawa ke rumah sakit.
Kantor berita Rusia, RIA Novosti mengutip direktur pertunjukan yang mengatakan bahwa Kazungu didiagnosis dengan menderita patah pada tulang belakang.
Kazungu adalah salah satu dari selusin pemain sirkus Rusia dan Kenya yang turut ambil bagian dalam pertunjukan sirkus.
A KENYAN acrobat is in hospital with serious injuries after crashing through the safety net during a circus performance in Moscow.
Amateur video aired on Russian television shows 22-year-old Karo Christopher Kazungu falling through the net during the show last night.
Gasps could be heard around the big top while fellow performers rushed to help Mr Kazungu as he lay flat on his back.
The Russian RIA Novosti news agency quoted the director of the show as saying that Kazungu was diagnosed with a fracture of one vertebra.
Mr Kazungu was one of a dozen Russian and Kenyan performers who were taking part in a highly complex aerial gymnastics show.
