Six Flags closes more rides after Roller Coaster accident.

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[FormerLib]

There’s been no mention of reattachment, which leads me to think there’s not enough left to even try.

[HamiltonJay]

Trust they don’t snap, but also know that if they do the emergency brakes will immediately engage..... And yes, there is a small chance that this won’t happen, or they won’t work, or something else....

There is always a risk in life.

This is a tragic accident, but to portray it as something inately risky or evil with amusement parks is insane.

[Post-Neolithic]

A lot of the Amusement parks like Six Flags and Kings Dominion have gone downhill maintenance wise in the past 10 years. In most of these parks the rides are constantly out of service.

Couple of years ago I went to Kings Dominion just outside of Richmond VA and 1/4 to 1/3 of the rides were shut down, the park was a mess. The year before that I went to the Six Flags outside DC and quite a few of the rides were out of service.

Don't know if they are owned by the same company, but I would never recommend any of them. Hershey Park and Busch Gardens always seem to be in tip-top shape.

[HamiltonJay]

She was in surgery immediately following the accident and her legs where sent with her to the hospital. No other information has been released about the girl.. the type of surgery, her condition etc.... citing patient privacy the hospital has released to my knowledge no other information.

[AppyPappy]

I don’t pay to ride an elevator for fun. Elevators are not intended to “thrill” you.

After the elevator messed up in my building while I was in it, I used the steps a lot more.

[ears_to_hear]

Where was that ride built? Was it USA or China?

[raccoonradio]

I was at a minor league ballgame this week and a boy won
some tickets to a Six Flags as part of a between innings contest. A woman in my row was heard to laugh, “Ah, so he
can get his legs cut off...”

[raccoonradio]

(oops—feet)

[Incorrigible]

 

 

[Jeff Chandler]

Definitely stay away from the traveling carnival rides. Major theme parks have good maintenance, though.

[6ppc]

Isn’t danger the whole point of a thrill ride?

Perceived danger, not real danger.

[firebrand]

I wouldn’t ride these things no more. The Tilt-a-Whirl is a good way to get a detached retina. I might go on The Swan again if I had the chance. That was my first ride. A huge wooden boat shaped like a swan that went around slowly in a circle.

[Married with Children]

Were her legs chopped off or just her feet?

[kenth]

My wife and I were at the local fair a while back and thought about getting on the Ferris wheel. Got up close and saw that the entire cage was fiberglass. You could see the whitening of the stress areas where it attached to the wheel. It changed our minds really quick.

[Cooter]

After stumbling upon an interesting web site called rideaccidents.com, I'm not sure I'd want to try any amusement ride for a while.

[HamiltonJay]

Reports I heard were amputated below the knee. Cable wrapped around her legs.

[CholeraJoe]

If they could find the pack of stray dogs that carried them off.

[CharlesWayneCT]

You could well be safer riding ON the ride than doing something else instead of attending the park.

[Mark was here]

I recall the Mine Train at Six Flags in Texas. It was over 30 years ago but I remember it like it was yesterday. The train was up going thru a saloon, and there was some animated dummy playing a piano. I was looking to see if his hands macthed the music that was playing. I had forgotten that I was on a roller coaster ... then wooshhh ... it was great.

[Obadiah]

"As the ride came down, the wire swung left, struck the young lady on the back side of my children," Williams said.

WHAT??