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On July 30, 2010, a 12-year-old girl from Parkland, Florida, fell 100 feet (30 m) from the freefall ride at the park and landed on her back on the ground. She suffered brain damage, severe spinal and pelvic fractures, intestinal lacerations, and other severe injuries.
This is a summary of notable incidents that have taken place at various Universal-owned theme parks, amusement parks, or water parks.This list is not intended to be a comprehensive list of every such event, but only those that have a significant impact on the parks or park operations, or are otherwise significantly newsworthy.
Some visitors climbed onto the roof of a nearby building, but could not reach her. She fell 15 feet (5 m) to the roof, slid off, and dropped another 20 feet (6 m) to the ground; she injured her back but survived. [88] [89] On February 14, 1999, a 65-year-old part-time custodian was killed when he fell off a seat.
The family of a Missouri teen who fell over 200 feet to his death while riding a Florida amusement park thrill attraction was awarded $310 million for the 2022 freak accident, as the heartbroken ...
Tyre Sampson was visiting ICON Park in Orlando from suburban St. Louis on March 24, 2022, when he fell to his death from the FreeFall ride, manufactured by Austria-based Funtime-Handels, according ...
Des Moines police were investigating the death of a 6-year-old boy hit by a vehicle Sunday in Water Works Park. Police spokesperson Sgt. Paul Parizek said rescuers arriving at the scene found the ...
This is a summary of notable incidents that have taken place at various United Parks & Resorts-owned amusement parks, water parks or theme parks.This list is not intended to be a comprehensive list of every such event, but only those that have a significant impact on the parks or park operations, or are otherwise significantly newsworthy.
On August 7, 2016, a 10-year-old boy was killed in the park while riding Verrückt, the tallest water slide in the world at the time of the incident. The raft he was riding in went airborne at the top of the second hill, causing it and its riders to collide with metal hoops and netting covering the slide.