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A man who was struck by a steel roller coaster at an Ohio theme park last week after he entered a restricted area to retrieve his lost keys has died from his injuries. Arntanaro Nelson, 38, of ...
The man was celebrating his niece’s birthday at Castles N’ Coasters in Phoenix last Sunday when the safety bar on a double-loop roller coaster unfastened.
International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions; Amusement Safety Organization Amusement ride injuries; US Consumer Product Safety Commission; Searchable database of Central Florida amusement park accidents From the Orlando Sentinel, covers the quarterly government reports made by Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, SeaWorld Orlando, Wet 'n Wild and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.
On May 2, 1993, a 63-year-old employee was struck in the head by the popular suspended roller coaster while supposedly trying to uncover a camera specifically placed to monitor a portion of the coaster's track. The man died about a day later due to his injuries.
On July 13, 2008, a 21-year-old park employee from Pleven, Bulgaria died from his injuries after he was struck by a roller coaster train while performing maintenance on the ride. [ 44 ] On October 29, 2012, strong waves and winds from Hurricane Sandy destroyed part of the pier and Star Jet was thrown into the ocean and heavily damaged beyond ...
According to a press release from the park, at around 8 p.m. Wednesday, the man entered a restricted area in the theme park, near the Banshee roller coaster. While the man was behind the fences of ...
On July 9, 1980, a 23-year-old man was killed and a 27-year-old woman was injured while riding Fire in the Hole. A train on the roller coaster was accidentally switched to a maintenance track and storage area, which had low-hanging structures across the track. The male passenger's head struck one of these structures, killing him.
The incident reportedly occurred at the Castles N' Coasters amusement park in Phoenix on Nov. 24 Arizona Man Climbs Out of Moving Roller Coaster, Claims ‘I Had Mere Seconds to Act’ After ...