
 
 
 
 A park employee was found dead inside the haunted house at Disneyland Paris just before the park opened on Saturday morning. 
 
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 The man, 45, whose name has not been released, had been working at Disneyland Paris since 2002. He is believed to have been electrocuted while working on a faulty light fixture in "Phantom Manor," according to Le Parisien. 
 
 He was found by colleagues between 8 and 9 a.m. and confirmed dead at 10 a.m. The attraction was immediately shut down for investigation. 
 
 
 
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 "He was much appreciated by his colleagues," said Patrick Maldidier, a union representative. "He was someone who always had a smile." 
 
 An investigation is still underway, but police suspect that the incident was an accident. The ride will remain closed through at least Wednesday. 
 
 This is not the park's first employee death. In 2010, a 53-year-old cleaner died after he was trapped underneath a boat while cleaning the park's "It's a Small World" attraction. 
 
 Disneyland Paris did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ||||| The body of a 45-year-old Disneyland Paris technician was discovered in the theme park’s Haunted House this weekend, after what appears to be a tragic accident. 
 
 Park employees found their colleague Saturday morning in the Phantom Manor and it is believed he was electrocuted. The technician worked for the park for 14 years. 
 
 The park opened as usual Saturday, although the haunted house was closed. 
 
 There have been several employee deaths at Disney theme parks in the past ten years, mostly at Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. 
 
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 Javier Cruz was marching in a parade as Pluto at Florida’s Disney World in 2004 when he tripped in front of the “Beauty and the Beast” float and was killed. 
 
 A particularly bad year was 2009 when three workers died. 
 
 A monorail collision at Disney World killed one of the drivers, Austin Wuennenberg; Anislav Varbanov, who performed in the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, died from a head injury while practicing a tumble; and Mark Priest slipped on water while performing in a sword fight during a performance of the Captain Jack Pirate Tutorial and fatally collided with a wall. 
 
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 Two workers were killed after getting hit by the Primeval Whirl spinning coaster at Animal Kingdom, one of the four parks at Disney’s Florida resort. 
 
 Russell Sherry Roscoe died from his injuries in 2011 while Karen Price was killed in 2007. 
 
 This weekend's death is the second fatal employee accident at Disneyland Paris. In 2010, a cast member got trapped under a boat in “It’s a Small World” while it was being cleaned and dragged along the tracks when the ride was switched on.
– A dead body—a real one, not one created for the attraction—was found inside the haunted mansion ride at Disneyland Paris Saturday morning. The 45-year-old park employee is believed to have been electrocuted while fixing a light fixture inside the ride, which is called Phantom Manor at the Paris park. Colleagues found him before the park opened, and the ride was shut down for an investigation, AOL reports, citing local media. As RT reports, a number of Disney workers have died in accidents at the theme parks over the years, including a monorail driver killed in a collision, at least two stunt performers who died while practicing or performing in shows, a parade marcher who tripped and was run over by a float, and two workers who were fatally struck by a rollercoaster. Disneyland Paris has seen just one other employee death: In 2010, a worker was cleaning "It's a Small World" when he was trapped under a boat and dragged along the tracks after the ride turned on.