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He later died from his injuries at Braddock General Hospital. About a year later on March 18, 1980, his mother won $20,000 in a court settlement alleging wrongful death. Though it was unclear how the accident occurred, the park added additional safety measures to the ride vehicles and increased the ride's height requirement. [165]
On July 31, 2022, a small fire broke out at Splash Works shortly after a fireworks display destroying a section of the ‘Super Soaker’ water slide and a pump-house below it. Nobody was injured, but the water park remained closed the next day following the incident. It reopened one day later on August 2 with limited operations. [26] [27]
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.
Mar. 1—A 24-year-old accused of stabbing another man to death in Columbia Falls in 2022 pleaded not guilty to a single count of deliberate homicide in Flathead County District Court on Thursday.
A 52-year-old man visiting his cousin in Richland died after being pulled from the Columbia River. William “Billy” V. Orndorff was one of two men in a boat in Finley east of Tri-Cities the ...
Mar. 22—A man allegedly opened fire on people at a Columbia Falls home Wednesday night before fleeing and prompting a standoff with members of the Northwest Regional SWAT team, authorities say.
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the accident was the tugboat operator's inattention to his duties. [41] On May 8, 2015, a Ride the Ducks boat struck and killed a 68-year-old Beaumont, Texas, woman crossing the street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's Chinatown section. Witnesses at the scene say that ...
This is a summary of notable incidents that have taken place at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.While the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH, better known as Cal/OSHA) of the California Department of Industrial Relations has ruled that some guest-related incidents are Disney's fault, the majority of fatal incidents were the result of wrongdoing on the guests' part.