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Jul 31, 2021 · Amusement park rides can turn these thrills into disasters. Action Park in New Jersey, the subject of a documentary, is an extreme example. Six people died during the park’s 18-year run, and countless more were injured. Action Park was once advertised as the world’s biggest water park.
Mar 1, 2019 · Over the year, 182 accident events were reported, from 38 countries, of which 51 events involved a fatality. Mechanical rides and roller coasters were involved in 87 events. Fixed-site rides (amusement and theme parks), mobile rides, and waterparks were involved with a similar number of cases.
- Kathryn Woodcock
- 2019
Mar 15, 2023 · Based on data collected from parks, IAAPA estimates the odds of being seriously injured on a fixed-site ride at a U.S. amusement park are 1 in 15.5 million rides taken.
- Senior Consumer Travel Reporter
- Eve Chen
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On Sept. 28, 2019, visitors to the La Feria de Chapultepec amusement park in Mexico City looked on in horror as one of the park's rides went horribly, horribly wrong. The last train on the track broke loose from the track and crashed to the ground 30 feet below.
On August 30, 1975, a 17-year-old park employee was fatally struck in the head by a moving car while he and some other workers were trying to remove blocks beneath the ride prior to opening. He was taken to Bowling Green-Warren County Hospital and was pronounced dead after arrival.
Oct 27, 2022 · Verrückt was bad, but if we’re talking amusement rides that are obviously deathtraps, Terminal Velocity at Extreme World in Lake Delton, Wisconsin may have been worse. The ride takes guests...
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Jul 25, 2021 · A funfair ride that collapsed in Carrickfergus on Saturday was caused by the “misuse of equipment by teenagers” the amusement park has said. On Saturday evening, the Star Flyer swing ride...