At 5 pm, a guest entered a restricted, fenced area of Raptor and was struck by the ride. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family. — Cedar Point (@cedarpoint) August 13, 2015 According to a statement from Cedar Point,...
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New Texas Giant to Reopen
The New Texas Giant coaster at Six Flags over Texas will reopen this weekend (September 14-15, 2013) following a July 2013 accident that resulted in the death of one rider. An investigation after the accident involved multiple entities including Gerstlauer (the...
Continue reading...Theme Park Safety with Randy King
The amusement industry has received a lot of national media attention the past few weeks due to a series of tragic and unfortunate accidents (and other non-events completely blown out of proportion). We thought it would be a good time...
Continue reading...Accident on Disneyland Paris Big Thunder Mountain
Around 3 pm on Monday, April 25, 2011 five guests were injured riding the Big Thunder Mountain rollercoaster in Frontierland of Disneyland Paris. According to the French paper Le Parisien the guests on board of one of the main trains...
Continue reading...Pony Express incident at Knott’s Berry Farm
Luckily no one was injured in this accident on Pony Express at Knott’s Berry Farm. We wish all those injured on the ride a speedy recovery. “Ten people were injured in a roller-coaster accident in Southern California. The accident occurred...
Continue reading...Xcelerator Accident Caught on Video
Yesterday on Xcelerator at Knott’s Berry Farm the cable snapped during a launch and was captured by an on-ride video camera. The riders get sprayed with the cable bits near the end of the launch. While coming back down it...
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