[Halls]

don't know the details, but this is just breaking in Texas. I live in Dallas and this popped up on my facebook. My youngest(who is 11) and I just rode this over Christmas break last December. Unbelievable! So sad.

[ErnBatavia]

There are two things I don’t do at “amusement parks”....and roller coasters are both of ‘em.

[cripplecreek]

Everything is big in Texas.

[FlingWingFlyer]

That thing is huge. I’m afraid I’d have to pass on that one.

[digger48]

it that thing all wood?

big sumbitch

[Jet Jaguar]

George Zimmermans fault.

[SkyDancer]

There’s a roller coaster at Magic Mountain outside LA that even the Navy pilots get sick on. I think it’s called the Ninja but not sure. It has several corkscrews down near the ground before it whips back up. Just watching make me sick.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

She should've known better..

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

How many milli-seconds after this story broke did liberals blame it on racism?

[CharlesWayneCT]

According to another news story, she fell out of the car. No report yet of how she did this.

Picture:

[higgmeister]

I took my preschool daughter on the “Parachute Drop” at Six Flags Over Georgia more than thirty years ago, when it was just a hanging seat with a lap bar. When we were only a few yards off of the ground I realized the bar was not even latched closed. I didn't want to yell and scare my tiny little girl so I smiled and told her to sit still in the seat and hold on to me. I felt unbelievably helpless to do anything but pray. I actually blamed myself for trusting someone else for my daughter's safety. They later on installed seat belts and eventually demolished the "The Great Gasp" thrill ride in 2005. No one needs that kind of thrill.

[al_c]

According to an eye witness, the woman fainted during the ride, then fell out. Apparently the g-forces were too much for her. Very sad.

I came close to blacking out once on the Shockwave during one of the loops. Haven’t been on a major coaster since.

[astratt7]

I rode it many times when I was younger....it is a great ride!

[Roscoe Karns]

[fieldmarshaldj]

Sad. RIP.

[Revolting cat!]

GRAVITY’S FAULT!

[DanielRedfoot]

Betting it has nothing to do with the actual coaster.

More likely she did something stupid om the load platform, or walking the emergency egress path along the track if the ride was stopped in a break zone because of some problem.

If it was catastrophic, there would be more than on person involved.

The media hypes stuff like this all of the time, the ride is safe.

[left that other site]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_%28Revere_Beach%29

My Best GF’s family owned this Roller coaster back in the 60’s. We would go on it for free, a dozen times in a row, and when we finally disembarked, we threw up all over the very boys we were trying to impress with our amazing coolness.

[OrangeHoof]

There's no reason to fall out of a roller coaster ride unless you tried to pull yourself up out of the seat. Perhaps this was an inventive suicide.

Or perhaps it was one of those famed Dallas strippers with the 54-DDDD cups that was simply too top-heavy and gravity took over.

[ConservativeTeen]

Reading some of the theme park/roller coaster enthusiast websites, reports seem to indicate that the woman was large and did not fit into the restraints properly.

[Beowulf9]

The whole idea of the thrill of a roller coaster is that you are pitting yourself against this dangerous feat.

When people do that I’m amazed they think that the thing they are on is infallible.

Nothing is infallible. So, place your bet against your life, it’s so much fun? Betting the farm and figuring you’ll always come out ahead.

But...not always.