A 50-year-old man died and his 48-year-old wife was seriously hurt in the Daintree Rainforest when their zip line cable snapped and they fell more than 52 feet (16m) to the ground. The woman was hospitalized with suspected spinal, pelvic, shoulder and arm injuries. Source
October
Crazy Mouse, Winter Wonderland, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
A 21-year-old man suffered a broken pelvis and two broken wrists after falling 40 feet (12m) from a portable roller coaster he was assembling. Source
Star Flyer, Firminy Fair, Loire, France
A 24-year-old mother of two died and her 20-year-old friend was hospitalized with traumatic brain injury after the women were ejected from their two-person chair approximately 33 feet (10m) to the ground. Source
Xtreme, Deerfield Township, New Jersey, USA
A 10-year-old girl died after she was was ejected out of her lap-bar secured seat from a Wisdom Rides Scrambler type ride at the Deerfield Township Harvest Festival. Source
AirMaxx360, Kingston upon Hull, Humberside, England, UK
A 21-year-old woman was ejected approximately 32 feet (10m) from her seat on the AirMaxx360 spinning ride at Hull Fair. She was hospitalized suffering a broken jaw, broken ribs, neck and abdomen wounds, after landing on a neighboring Sizzler ride. Source
Balloon Ride, Yantai, Shandong Province, China
A 31-year-old mother and her three-year-old son fell to their deaths when the large helium balloon they were in slipped its moorings and floated away before plunging back to earth after it ruptured high in the atmosphere. Source