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Horrific accident at Louisville amusement park

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Freelance Hack, Jun 21, 2007.

  1. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Maybe not now, but this was in the late 90s. Perhaps that innovation was a result of some poor fucks being stuck upside down for an hour.

    Besides, I thought rollercoasters were powered by fun! :-X
     
  2. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    I'm having a hard time picturing how that could have happened.
     
  3. Freelance Hack

    Freelance Hack Active Member

  4. Mayfly

    Mayfly Active Member

    Did anyone else notice one of the ads that graces the page of the story? That is horrible ad placement.
     
  5. Freelance Hack

    Freelance Hack Active Member

    The ads rotate. Which one was it?

    Also, this is from WHAS TV:

     
  6. Mayfly

    Mayfly Active Member

    The one with the girl in the wheelchair and her dad standing behind her.

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  7. Cape_Fear

    Cape_Fear Active Member

    Last week or the week before at a park maybe in Arkansas a coaster stopped mid-loop.
     
  8. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    A coaster got stuck upside down just a week ago. People were trapped for a half-hour.

    I was surprised too - I used to work summers at Disneyland, and the coasters there are simply coasting along the track, and get a speed boost at spots along the way. They don't go upside down, but it wouldn't have been possible for them to freeze if they did. The only brakes were at spots along the track.

    It seems like a major design flaw to create a coaster capable of freezing upside-down.
     
  9. boots

    boots New Member

    Amusement park tragedy

    Louisville, KY — Police confirmed that a girl's feet have been cut off at Six Flags' Kentucky Kingdom.
    Officials said they got the call around 5 p.m. Thursday and both her feet were detached at the ankle.
    According to MetroSafe dispatch supervisors, the girl was riding the Superman Tower of Power, which is 177 feet tall and drops riders at 54 miles per hour. According to Kentucky Kingdom, the girl was injured when the ride malfunctioned. Dispatchers said she was taken to University Hospital.
     
  10. KYSportsWriter

    KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

    Thank you, Mr. AP Wire Copier.
     
  11. ondeadline

    ondeadline Well-Known Member

    That looks like a ride very similar to one that I went on with my kids last year at Kings Dominion. And it doesn't strike you that this sort of thing is real possible on a ride liek that. How terrible.
     
  12. CentralIllinoisan

    CentralIllinoisan Active Member

    When she was in high school, Mrs. CI got stuck in a ride called "The Skydiver," similar to one called "The Zipper." The cage she was in and abot three others caved into the structure, and my wife hanged upside down for about two hours. We have DVDs (transfered from the VHS recordings) and newspaper clippings of news coverage of the accident. Quite a time capsule.

    My wife still has -- and wears around the house -- a homemade T-shirt that reads "RIDE THE SKYDIVER" on the front

    On back, it reads "IT'LL LEAVE YOU HANGING"
     
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