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In 2017, a bungee ride stopped working at a county fair in California, leaving riders suspended in the air for nearly half an hour. One of the passengers, 19-year-old Roger Rodriguez, was left ...
The reverse bungee (also known as catapult bungee, slingshot, or ejection seat) is a modern type of fairground ride. Video of SlingShot at Cedar Point The ride consists of two telescopic gantry towers mounted on a platform, feeding two elastic ropes down to a two-person passenger car constructed from an open sphere of tubular steel.
On August 5, 2007, a restraining lap bar broke causing an unidentified 15-year-old girl to fall out of her seat and into the center of the ride where she was briefly knocked unconscious. The ride was running in reverse at the time. The victim was taken to the hospital with head and leg injuries, and complained of neck and back pain. [64]
A bungee jumping instructor could face charges -- including accidental homicide -- after his "poor" English skills allegedly led to the death of a 17-year-old Dutch girl.
In August 1998, Jerome Charron, recent graduate of École Secondaire Publique Charlebois, died in a reverse bungee ride accident at the Ottawa Exhibition when he was hurled 40 meters into the air before plummeting to his death after his harness detached. In February 2000, the firm responsible for the ride, Anderson Ventures, was fined $145,000 ...
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SlingShot is a reverse bungee ride manufactured by Funtime and featured at several Six Flags amusement parks, including Cedar Point, Carowinds, and Canada's Wonderland. The first installation opened at Kings Island in 2002, but the park retired the ride in 2022. An additional fee is required to ride, which is separate from park admission.
Two teenage boys were left dangling in the air and had to be rescued after a bungee ride malfunctioned at London’s annual "Winter Wonderland” holiday event in Hyde Park.