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The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. [10] A preliminary report stated that the bus driver, who has 30 years' experience with Disney, was not impaired or driving recklessly and that charges probably would not be filed, pending a full investigation of the incident. [9] In October 2010, Disney World was sued for $15,106 by the boy's mother ...
On October 6, 2010, a 53-year-old cast member (subcontracted to Disney) became trapped underneath a boat on It's a Small World when the ride was inadvertently switched on while being cleaned. The man was taken to a hospital where he later died. [8] [9]
Ride procedures called for the ship's captain to reverse the ship if it overshot the dock and re-approach the dock at the correct speed. Disney was fined $12,500 by Cal/OSHA and settled a lawsuit brought by the victim's family for an estimated $25 million. [70]
On July 23, 2008, a 12-year-old girl from Union City, California, was found unconscious after the train returned to the loading station at the conclusion of the ride. She was airlifted to University Medical Center where she was later pronounced dead. An autopsy revealed that she died from a heart attack. [6]
The 32-year-old Spanish road racing cyclist was crushed to death between a garage door and his car as he prepared to leave his home in the Province of Granada, Spain, for a training ride in preparation for the 2011 Tour de France. [81] [82] Unknown man and woman 6 June 2011
A Saturday afternoon at the amusement park quickly turned to tragedy for one Omaha family when 11-year-old Elizabeth "Lulu" Gilreath's long hair got caught in a moving mechanism on a spinning ride ...
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The Festina affair was a series of doping scandals within the sport of professional cycling that occurred during and after the 1998 Tour de France. The affair began when a large haul of doping products was found in a support car belonging to the Festina cycling team just before the start of the race. A resulting investigation revealed ...