If a tourist at Laojun Mountain in Luoyang is struck by lightning and dies, who should be held responsible?

The unfortunate death of a tourist at the Laojun Mountain Scenic Area in Luoyang was struck by lightning. It was purely an accident and there should be no party responsible for the accident.

Encountering lightning strikes is an accident, but it is also reasonable

Lightning accidents in nature are a natural phenomenon. Not only humans are susceptible to lightning strikes, but also any animals, plants or other Everything may be struck by lightning, including trees, buildings, rocks, etc., all of which may be struck by lightning. It is not uncommon for tourists to be struck by lightning at home and abroad. Even on football fields, players have been struck by lightning.

Laojun Mountain’s unique geological structure, unique peaks, and numerous Taoist temples can easily attract lightning. However, its golden-domed Taoist temple should be equipped with lightning protection facilities. As a tourist, the probability of being struck by lightning is actually very small, but unfortunately it does happen, but it still falls into the category of accidents and is an accident caused by force majeure.

For force majeure accidents, there is no responsible party for the accident.

Tourist Ren Moumou has died. The scenic spot could not foresee the accident in which Ren Moumou was struck by lightning and died. Even if it was foreseeable, it could not stop it in a timely and effective manner. It was purely an accident and there is no one responsible. The state does not stipulate compulsory insurance for tickets to tourist attractions. Some scenic spots will add accident insurance when selling tickets for special tourism projects, but most scenic spots do not include insurance.

Travel agencies will also have insurance clauses when signing travel contracts, but they are generally liability insurance. If the travel agency has no fault liability, the travel agency will generally not purchase accident insurance. Under normal circumstances, if Laojun Mountain Scenic Area did not purchase separate accident insurance when selling tickets, Ren would not be able to enjoy the insurance company's compensation.

A tourist was unfortunately struck to death by lightning when climbing a mountain, which undoubtedly exposed the loopholes and shortcomings in the management of the scenic spot

1. The scenic spot should take this as a lesson and comprehensively strengthen the tourist system for thunderstorm weather manage. Like Huangshan and other scenic spots, severe and dangerous weather such as thunderstorms should be closely tracked 24 hours a day, and dangerous weather warnings should be issued in a timely manner; the personal safety of mountaineers is more important than Mount Tai, so scenic spots should close ticket sales channels and cable car lines in advance; at the same time, increase broadcasting Actively organize passengers stranded on the mountain to quickly go down the mountain or go to a safe place to avoid severe weather such as thunderstorms.

2. Laojun Mountain Scenic Area must learn lessons from this incident and improve lightning protection facilities and lightning protection places at various scenic spots on the mountain as soon as possible so that tourists can quickly enter reliable shelter when thunderstorms and other accidents occur. Lightning protection place.

3. It is necessary to increase safety education on thunderstorm prevention and other safety education for mountaineers. For example, when a thunderstorm occurs in the mountains, you should avoid talking on mobile phones and do not wear conductive objects such as metal watches; avoid using umbrellas with metal handles; lie down as soon as possible or enter caves, crevices, etc. to avoid lightning; when mountaineering and encounter lightning, Be sure not to stand under tall objects (such as big trees), as they are most vulnerable to lightning strikes.

About the responsibilities of tourists themselves.

Firstly, as a married adult and a father of two children, Ren, a tourist from Luoyang, would definitely not take the risk of a lightning strike (for example, risking his own life by climbing a tree or Yu stood on the top of the mountains, raised his arms and shouted), making fun of his own life and the safety of his family. Judging from the moment when Luoyang tourist Ren Mou suffered a lightning strike and died, his wife was also slightly injured by the lightning strike. It can be seen that lightning strikes are more likely to be accidental than man-made.

Second, people reasonably speculate that in mountainous scenic spots like Luanchuan Laojun Mountain, lightning strikes are sometimes inevitable due to special geographical and climatic conditions, as well as shortcomings in scenic spot management. This is not an isolated case across the country.

Therefore, since a tourist tragedy has occurred in the scenic area, the management of the scenic area should take responsibility, check for omissions, make up for shortcomings, and avoid the tragedy from happening again, rather than apportioning the size of the responsibility. Don’t you think it’s a waste of energy and prevarication?