I heard and read that a 13-year-old girl rode superman and somehow got her legs severed but I thought it happened in Valencia California.
I just read another article that said it happened in Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville.
Where did it really happen?
2007-08-01 03:58:58 · 7 answers · asked by pinkcandyjunkie 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Amusement Parks
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Amusement Park in Louisville, Kentucky...read article below:
(CNN) -- A girl's feet were cut off Thursday when a free-fall thrill ride malfunctioned at the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Amusement Park in Louisville, Kentucky, police said.
A cord wrapped around the 16-year-old's feet and severed them at her ankles while she was on the "Superman Tower of Power," a police dispatcher said. The girl was taken to a local hospital.
An unidentified witness told CNN affiliate WLKY she saw a cable on the ride snap.
"The people on the ride just came and hit the ground," she said. "When I got up there, the lady she was just sitting there, and she didn't have no legs. ... And she was just there, calm, probably in shock from everything."
"That could have been all of us -- riding that ride," witness Whitney Sandfer told CNN affiliate WDRB/WMYO.
The incident took place shortly before 5 p.m. ET, according to Six Flags spokeswoman Wendy Goldberg. The park remained open, but the ride in question was shut down and will remain so until the full investigation is complete, Goldberg said.
During the ride, passengers are lifted to 177 feet, suspended momentarily and then dropped, according to the park's Web site.
Passengers drop 154 feet at 54 mph, stopping "just 20 terrifying feet above the pavement," it adds.
"I seen the car go up. Then, like, the cable broke, I heard -- pwchh -- and I heard a lot of people screaming," Chris Stinnett, who was at a ride next to the Superman Tower of Power, told WDRB/WMYO.
"The cable went under the car -- and I seen it pull up and hit a lot of people -- and I seen them bring their legs up," Stinnett said.
The ride was introduced in 1995.
2007-08-01 04:12:55 · answer #1 · answered by mdbayboater 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It happened at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, and her legs weren't severed, just her feet above her ankles. The good news, she is out of the hospital now. The bad news, they were only able to reattach her right foot. The left foot was too damaged to reattach. It'll be a year before they know for sure if her body accepts or rejects the limb. And her family is suing the park. For more information on this accident, and many others, check out this site:
www.rideaccidents.com
2007-08-01 13:21:00 · answer #2 · answered by DH 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd really got a big shock as I saw this incident on the breaking news and I had realized that this was the most horrible accident out caused by a 'wire on the drop tower ride' NOT by a silly act. =( It's way too scary to guess the snapped wire gets her legs severed in a flying moment.
2007-08-02 01:41:15 · answer #3 · answered by nl enthusiast 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
North Carolina Park
2007-08-01 04:02:39 · answer #4 · answered by Dakeeg 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
one in kentucky
2007-08-01 05:41:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in illinios on the giant drop a girls leg got severed
2007-08-01 06:03:34 · answer #6 · answered by i8myparakeet 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
dont know but good question
2007-08-01 04:14:40 · answer #7 · answered by Sasha 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋