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El Toro (Spanish for The Bull) is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. Designed by Werner Stengel and manufactured by Intamin, the ride opened to the public on June 11, 2006. Intamin subcontracted Rocky Mountain Construction to build the ride, and the coaster's track was prefabricated ...
On July 1, 2003, a roller coaster train stalled 140 feet (43 m) off the ground after a malfunction occurred, leaving a total of 24 passengers on board stranded for more than two hours. All passengers were examined by paramedics as a safety precaution once they got off, including one person who had an asthma attack and later recovered. [280] [281]
Give guests of Six Flags Great Adventure were taken to local medical facilities after a mishap on the El Toro roller coaster.
Rolling Thunder was a racing roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. Designed by William Cobb, it opened in 1979 as the park's first wooden coaster during its fifth operating season. Rolling Thunder closed permanently in 2013 to make room for Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom, which opened in 2014.
The coaster, which was shut down after partially derailing last summer, left five riders with back, neck or mouth and tongue injuries. 5 People Hospitalized After Riding El Toro Roller Coaster At ...
Several people were injured after riding a roller coaster at the Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park in Jackson, New Jersey.
New Texas Giant is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas. It originally opened as Texas Giant, which was the tallest wooden coaster in the world when it debuted in 1990. Manufactured by Dinn Corporation and designed by Curtis D. Summers, Texas Giant operated for nearly two decades and was highly-ranked in ...
Kingda Ka is a hydraulically-launched steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, United States.Manufactured by Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel, Kingda Ka opened as the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world on May 21, 2005, surpassing Top Thrill Dragster.