What amusement park rides have people died on?
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — A teenager Saturday was struck and killed by a roller coaster at the Six Flags Over Georgia theme park outside Atlanta, authorities said. The 17-year-old park visitor was killed after scaling two fences — one of which was six feet tall — around the Batman roller coaster, park spokeswoman Hela Sheth said in a statement. The teen, who visiting the park with a church group from Springfield, South Carolina, was decapitated, she said. It was unclear how fast the outside-looping coaster was moving when it struck the teen, but according to the park’s Web site, the ride reaches speeds of 50 mph. “We do not know why this person was intent on gaining access to this restricted area,” the statement said, noting that multiple signs are posted stating, “Danger Zone,” “Do Not Enter” and “Authorized Personnel Only.” “Some witnesses have stated that the individual was trying to retrieve something he had lost,” Sheth said. “Others reported that he was trying to touch the ride
FERRIS WHEEL Sunday, August 11, 1991 – At Fantasy Island amusement park in Grand Island, New York, a 14-year-old boy was killed in a 60-foot fall from a Ferris wheel when his seat dropped from its axle. It was found that the park operators routinely removed one or two seats from the ride each day to prevent the ride from moving around in high winds during off-hours. Each time the Ferris wheel opened, the seats were bolted back onto the frame of the ride. Investigators found that only one side of the victim’s seat had been bolted properly. i was 5yrs old at that time and my family and i were there and the ferris wheel was going to be our next ride. we were too far away to see it happen but they closed the park for the rest of the day. not too long after that accident they took down the old style ferris wheel and put up the new style where you are in a round gondola.
You can check out verified and unverified (but still reported) accidents at theme parks on this site: http://www.themeparkinsider.com/accident… If you do some reading, you can find deaths that have occured and what rides and at which parks.
