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The 21-year-old operator of the amusement park ride in Pefkochori, Halkidiki, which partially broke and resulted in the death of a 19-year-old, has been charged with negligent homicide.

A 19-year-old from Veria in northern Greece died on Tuesday of injuries sustained at a fun park in Halkidiki, while he was on holiday with his two brothers and parents.

According to state broadcaster ERT, the young man sustained massive injuries as he was flung from a spinning chair ride when his seat came unstuck.

A fire broke out on Saturday night in two cabins of a Ferris wheel at the Highfield Festival near Leipzig, resulting in at least 30 people being injured.

The mother and brother of Panagiotis Mavrikos, the Akropolis newspaper publisher who died in a car accident in 2016, on Wednesday plunged into the sea off a pier in Drapetsona in what authorities believe to be a suicide pact.

Sofia Mavrikou, 76, and Theodoros Mavrikos, 53, fell into the sea in their car at 11.30 on Wednesday morning, with the two family dogs in the vehicle. 

The fatal fall of a 14-year-old girl from the "flying carpet" of an amusement park near the town of Almyros in Volos central Greece on August 30 was the result of the ride's excessive speed, a probe has found.
The probe, published over the weekend, found that the ride's engine produces 123 horsepower instead of 15 hp as declared to authorities.

An unknown man died after falling from the pier on the beach in Burgas. The police in the seaside city confirmed the information. The report of the incident was filed shortly after 7 pm this morning on a 112-number by a witnesses of what happened, DARIK reported.

At least 14 people were killed in southern Russia when a bus plunged into the Black Sea on Friday, Russian investigators said, quoted by Reuters. 

Eight more people were injured, five of whom were in a serious condition, Interfax news agency reported, citing the emergency ministry which carried out rescue works.

The City of Athens official responsible for cultural events, Christos Tentomas, was forced to resign late on Wednesday over a debacle with a Ferris wheel installed on downtown Syntagma Square for the holidays.

A 54-year-old father killed his 54-year-old wife, his son’s 48-year-old girlfriend and a 27-year-old man who was visiting over a washing machine dispute in Rowland Heights, Los Angeles, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department said.