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rideaccidents.com -- "is the world's single most comprehensive, detailed, updated, accurate, and complete source of amusement ride accident reports and related news." Includes sections on ride fatalities going back to 1972. (Man, what a bunch of spoilsports!)
Along the same theme, Here is a link to fatal aircraft accidents.
posted by drleary at 1:19 PM on February 11, 2007
posted by drleary at 1:19 PM on February 11, 2007
any link to can opener accidents? I'm trying to stay alert.
posted by jonmc at 2:02 PM on February 11, 2007 [2 favorites]
posted by jonmc at 2:02 PM on February 11, 2007 [2 favorites]
I thought I'd seen this posted to the blue before, but it was mentioned in the comments of this previous post.
posted by lekvar at 2:22 PM on February 11, 2007
posted by lekvar at 2:22 PM on February 11, 2007
wow, those waterparks are killer.
That's no shit. Anyone growing up in NJ or Eastern PA knew about Action Park. The ads on the teevee made it look great, but deep down, you knew there was something sinister and kind of fucked up about it.
Action Park giveth, and it taketh away.
posted by psmealey at 4:48 PM on February 11, 2007
That's no shit. Anyone growing up in NJ or Eastern PA knew about Action Park. The ads on the teevee made it look great, but deep down, you knew there was something sinister and kind of fucked up about it.
Action Park giveth, and it taketh away.
posted by psmealey at 4:48 PM on February 11, 2007
Our local Great America (now owned by Cedar Fair..woot!) is on there a few times.
Here is another list of accidents.
The Boot to the Head incident was interesting. They found that the guy was carrying stolen identification. (See article from September 15th, 1998) I don't know that they ever positively identified the poor guy.
posted by drstein at 4:58 PM on February 11, 2007
Here is another list of accidents.
The Boot to the Head incident was interesting. They found that the guy was carrying stolen identification. (See article from September 15th, 1998) I don't know that they ever positively identified the poor guy.
posted by drstein at 4:58 PM on February 11, 2007
Whatever you do stay away from the Gravitron. That thing is a menace even when it's not flying apart. The last time I rode it I vomited for five hours straight.
posted by JamesToast at 5:51 PM on February 11, 2007
posted by JamesToast at 5:51 PM on February 11, 2007
There is a reason why we always called it the Vomitron, JamesToast.
posted by litlnemo at 6:24 PM on February 11, 2007
posted by litlnemo at 6:24 PM on February 11, 2007
(Friday, October 20, 2006) - A 12-year-old girl was completely scalped when her ponytail got caught in the drive belt of a go-kart engine at Niagara Go-Karts and Mini Putt in Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Sweet merciful fuck, that is not nice.
posted by jewzilla at 7:45 PM on February 11, 2007
Sweet merciful fuck, that is not nice.
posted by jewzilla at 7:45 PM on February 11, 2007
Anyone growing up in NJ or Eastern PA knew about Action Park.
Right on, psmealey! I remember speaking of Action Park in the awed tones normally reserved for talk of coal-walking or cobra-wrestling. Brakeless go-karts on long concrete tube tracks? Hmmmm.
posted by Miko at 9:33 PM on February 11, 2007
Right on, psmealey! I remember speaking of Action Park in the awed tones normally reserved for talk of coal-walking or cobra-wrestling. Brakeless go-karts on long concrete tube tracks? Hmmmm.
posted by Miko at 9:33 PM on February 11, 2007
Snopes on Disneyland Deaths:
posted by cenoxo at 9:44 PM on February 11, 2007
Nine guests have been killed on Disneyland attractions since the park's opening in 1955. All the deaths (save the most recent) were the result of guests who apparently ignored safety instructions and/or defeated rides' safety mechanisms.Your IQ has to be THIS BIG to get on this ride...
posted by cenoxo at 9:44 PM on February 11, 2007
This is awesome. Thanks for the post. Just speculating on this last week.
posted by salvia at 10:21 PM on February 11, 2007
posted by salvia at 10:21 PM on February 11, 2007
Anyone growing up in NJ or Eastern PA knew about Action Park.
Action Park was mainly before my time, but who would have thought a looping water slide was a good idea?
Whenever I go to Great Adventure, I never fail to hear about the eight teenagers who died in a fire in the haunted house or the young girl who had her scalp ripped off because he long hair was caught in the machine when the car fell.
posted by daninnj at 11:36 PM on February 11, 2007
Action Park was mainly before my time, but who would have thought a looping water slide was a good idea?
Whenever I go to Great Adventure, I never fail to hear about the eight teenagers who died in a fire in the haunted house or the young girl who had her scalp ripped off because he long hair was caught in the machine when the car fell.
posted by daninnj at 11:36 PM on February 11, 2007
I knew there was a reason Ferris Wheels scared the shit outta me.
posted by deborah at 8:04 PM on February 12, 2007
posted by deborah at 8:04 PM on February 12, 2007
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posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 1:09 PM on February 11, 2007