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for days of fun and excitement and jump
on their rides without pause that catch
a thrill but amusement parks aren't
always safe havens for a wholesome good
time due to the nature of this
installment it may not be suitable for
younger viewers
number 10 Darien Lake theme park Resort
in July of 2011 James Thomas hacker Murr
a US Army veteran and double amputee
lost his life after venturing the ride
of Steel roller-coaster the ride which
reaches speeds in excess of 70 miles or
113 km/h flung Hackerman out of his seat
from a height of 150 feet or 46 meters
to his death the war hero wasn't wearing
his prosthetic legs at the time and
while Park officials stated all
assistance was provided for his
disability upon further review it was
determined that operator error was to
blame and park workers didn't follow the
rules that require riders to have both
legs number 9 M&D amusement park it's
never good for business when a ride is
closed for one day for maintenance and
then derails entirely the next at
scotland's M Indies theme park the ride
was the tsunami a roller coaster that
was in need of minor electrical repairs
on June 25th 2016 On June 26th the
coaster detached from the rails and
crashed through the metal gate the car
was 33 feet or 10 meters high when it
derailed and came down on a children's
bike area surprisingly and thankfully
nobody died though 10 individuals were
injured from the incident of those ten
eight were children and three were
considered severely injured the ensuing
chaos was enough to shut the park down
to allow for the six ambulances a team
of doctors and a specialist operation
team to tend to the wounded number 8x
pole and a total of 20 patrons of the
Expo Land amusement park in sweida Osaka
Prefecture were affected in the May 5th
2007 incident involving the Fujin Raijin
two roller coaster what was originally
thought to be a freak accident where the
roller coaster derailed killing 19
year-old Yoshino Guevara and injuring 19
others turned out to be a case of
employee negligence former board member
masa Nordy ito
former facilities head at sushi table a
and former head of engineering his Shiro
Matsuda were blamed for neglecting to
perform scheduled maintenance on the
ride cracks in the roller-coaster and 15
year old axle parts were among the
issues noted on the ride incriminating
the three former employees and linking
them directly to Koga Juarez death
number seven Six Flags Over Georgia
known for its endless thrills and
exciting rides the named Six Flags is
synonymous with fun and entertainment
that of course does not exempt it from
tragedy and in 2008 tragedy struck hard
with the gruesome death of 17-year old
aja LaShawn Ferguson at the Six Flags
Over Georgia location the teenager had
scaled several fences to enter a
restricted area allegedly to retrieve a
hat he had lost while riding the Batman
rollercoaster earlier that day the cart
was believed to be operating at the
rides top speed of 50 miles or 80 km/h
decapitating Ferguson upon impact
number 6 International Park it was a
calm Saturday in August of 2013 and the
25 meter or 82 foot tall ferris wheel
was sporting carts of joyous customers
when things took a turn for the worst a
car that was at the very top of the
wheels height broke loose dislodged and
began the full descent to the crowded
ground below crashing down on the rides
cue the car injured seven individuals
including three children along with the
seven injured patrons the terrifying
accident also killed two sisters 12 and
14 year-old Florencia and Emilie Aranda
a week prior the ferris wheel had been
taken out of service for repairs and two
individuals were said to have been
arrested in connection with the incident
number five Big Thunder Mountain
Railroad being so reliant on mechanics
and other people's ability to properly
do their jobs to upkeep said mechanics
it's no surprise that the happiest place
on earth has had its own slew of dark
days one of them was September 5th 2003
when the locomotive of the Big Thunder
Mountain Railroad derailed and
disconnected from the passenger cars the
cars slammed into the underside of the
locomotive injuring 10 of the riders and
killing 22 year-old Marcelo tortoise
according to reports Marcelo suffered
severe blunt-force trauma and internal
bleeding after an axle came loose and
the locomotive went airborne the
accident was believed to be caused by
the mechanics failure and willful
omissions to perform routine maintenance
number four Six Flags Great Adventure
one sort of assumes that when they're
hearing about accidents and deaths at
amusement parks they'll be hearing all
about roller coasters and high-speed
attractions malfunctioning such is not
the case in the 1984 incident at Six
Flags Great Adventure in Jackson
Township New Jersey a teenager's lost
their lives on May 11 1984 when a fire
rapidly spread throughout the haunted
castle attraction allegedly started by a
youth who accidentally lit a foam wall
pad on fire with a lit cigarette he used
to light a darkened corridor the fire
was exacerbated by the lack of a
sprinkler system despite being indicted
for aggravated manslaughter for not
taking proper precautions against fire
hazards Six Flags was found not guilty
number three Waterworld USA though more
than enough mechanical failures and ride
accidents are caused by lackadaisical
and sometimes malicious employees
sometimes accidents are the fault of the
patrons Waterworld USA in Concord
California was the site of a grisly and
bloody scene when 30 students attempted
to ride down the Banzai Pipeline all at
once ignoring the lifeguards warnings
the teenagers rushed up the 75 foot or
23 metre tall slide all at once as they
tried to break a school record the slide
gave out under their combined weight and
crumbled to the ground injuring 30 and
collapsing eighteen-year-old Quimby
galati slung killing her later reports
state the ride was under the stress of
three times the weight it was designed
for number two space journey any ride
that simulates a rocket launch is bound
to be shaky but shaky and deadly are on
completely different ends of the
spectrum the space journey ride at the
eco venture valley of overseas chinese
town insentient
experienced the deadly event in june of
2010 that resulted in sixth
and ten injuries witness reports
provided varying degrees of what
actually happened ranging from power
failure to an explosion on the right
itself it's believed that one of the
eleven carriages which hold up to four
people each dislodged and knocked into
the other cabins causing the ride to
malfunction and fall the forty nine feet
or 15 meters to the ground
number one Battersea Park dubbed the
world's worst rollercoaster tragedy in
history the 1972 accident at Battersea
Park London took the lives of five
patrons and injured 16 others in mid
operation a three car wooden coaster on
the Big Dipper detached from the haulage
rope which acted as a mechanism to keep
the carts from rolling backwards as the
carts sped dangerously in Reverse around
a bend they started to derail completely
sending people over the edge
one witness account from Carolyn Adam
chick who was 14 years old at the time
of the tragedy recounts being stranded
on a carriage 49 feet or 15 metres above
the park when a girl on her cart put her
weight on an unstable barrier and fell
to her death
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