I know that this ride and many other can injure and kill you in a million ways...but how did this one specifically happen? I know it's the 200foot drop ride, I'm think her feet got under the chair? I can't find much info. on this..
2007-06-23 15:24:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Amusement Parks
The scene went from thrill ride to horror show in an instant Thursday at Six Flags Amusement Park in Louisville, Ky., when a 13-year-old girl's feet were severed on a ride.
This year alone, there have been 24 accidents in theme parks, raising questions about safety in amusement parks.
The girl was among those riding the Superman Tower of Power, a ride controlled by cables that drops nearly 200 feet at 54 mph.
"All of a sudden I heard a big khew, and the cable broke off," one witness said. "I saw it go up, then it came back around and hit a lot of people. I heard it wrapped around one girl's legs."
The cables caught the teen around her lower body, severing both her legs above the ankle.
"People came out crying and freaked out and everything," an onlooker said.
2007-06-24 07:06:38 · answer #1 · answered by babyblue2pie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.rideaccidents.com has more info on the accident, but basically, as the car was moving up the ride, a cable snapped. Somehow it swung around and wrapped itself around her legs. No one know's for certain at what point on the ride she actually lost her feet. Last I heard though, the doctors were trying to reattach her feet today.
2007-06-23 15:30:10 · answer #2 · answered by DH 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I agree with smart_grl3200 and rich_cortez09. Probably a cord because if a cord squeezes too tight on someone, then it'll eventually come off with no blood because she is being squeezed to death on her feet. I had new born kittens and 6 of them and a cord was tangled around then and 4 of them died and 2 of them we still have and the cord squeezed them and marks on them and no blood.
2007-06-23 18:32:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cable snapped and cut them off!
2007-06-23 15:37:12 · answer #4 · answered by Freckle.on.Nose 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a cord snapped off and cut them, she stayed calm throught the whole thing, and there was no blood, they re attached one of her feet, and only one
2007-06-23 16:45:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well tht is still investigation how tht happened...the world may never know..
2007-06-23 15:28:44 · answer #6 · answered by Mr T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋