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On June 13, 2003, a man was seriously injured in a 30-foot (9.1 m) fall from the Scenic Skyway chairlift ride at Knoebels Amusement Park. The man was a member of a group home for mentally disabled people and was riding alone. He was airlifted to a local hospital and recovered.
Every day from May through September in each year between 1990–2010 had an average of 20 injuries by amusement park guests under 18 years of age that required hospitalization. [4] In 2011, 1,204 people were injured at 400 amusement parks, according to the IAAPA. [2] In 2019, there were 1,299 injuries from amusement park accidents in the U.S. [5]
Astroworld Festival was an annual music festival run by American rapper and singer Travis Scott, held in Houston, Texas, at NRG Park, near the former site of Six Flags AstroWorld. [1] The festival was first held in November 2018. The 2020 festival was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas. Astroworld Festival 2021 was originally ...
Ronny Garcia, a former Houston Astros prospect, died in a traffic accident. He was 24. The Astros confirmed the death in a Saturday post on social media.
Horror incident involved one of the ride’s carriages plummeting to the ground
On November 5, 2021, a fatal crowd crush occurred during the Astroworld Festival, an annual musical event hosted by American rapper Travis Scott at NRG Park in Houston, Texas. Eight people were pronounced dead on the day of the incident, and two more died in the hospital in the following days.
Ronny Garcia, a former Houston Astros prospect, died in a traffic accident. He was 24. The Astros confirmed his death Saturday on social media. "We are deeply saddened by the passing of former ...
May 11 – Haunted Castle attraction at Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park in Jackson Township, New Jersey. Eight teenagers died in a fast-moving fire. Their corpses were mistaken for mannequins by emergency personnel. None of them or the Six Flags administrators realized these fatalities until later. [143] July 9 – York Minster fire.