A 44-year-old mother and her 7-year-old son were ejected from the 180 foot (55m) tall aerial chair-swing when parts of their seat tore off, due to their chair hitting a nearby ride after reportedly going too fast on too wide an angle. The boy suffered an exposed fracture on his right leg, while his mother […]
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Air Race, Brighton Pier, England, UK
A teenage boy was taken to hospital after the foot-rest platform on the spinning ride broke off and hit his legs. Source
Read More...El Loco, Adventuredome, Nevada, USA
A woman, who is a double-amputee, was injured after she fell from the roller coaster in the Adventuredome at Circus Circus in Las Vegas. Source
Read More...Octopus, New Saniro Dream Paradise, Veyangoda, Sri Lanka
A 13-year-old girl and her 47-year-old mother died when the car they sat in detached from its rotating arm. Source
Read More...Alpen Coaster, Dom, Hamburg, Germany
A 44-year-old employee working near a curve died after he was hit by the coaster train during testing two days before the opening of the annual Winterdom. Source (in German)
Read More...Hyperion, Energylandia, Zator, Malopolskie, Poland
A 37-year-old employee working at the Hyperion coaster died when he reached for a phone that a guest dropped and one of the trains struck him. Source (in Polish)
Read More...Twister, Virgin of Santa Ana Fair, Pacueco, Mexico
A four-year-old girl died after falling 32 feet (10m) from the Sartori Rides magic carpet style ride. The child sat in her mother’s lap when the toddler slipped from her arms and fell from the moving ride to the pavement below. Source (in Spanish)
Read More...Ride the Ducks, Branson, Missouri, USA
A duck boat carrying 31 people took on too much water and capsized during stormy weather, killing 17 people. Nine of the victims were family members, including an infant. Winds at the time were blowing as hard as 65 mph (104.5 km/h), according to the National Weather Service. Source (with video news report)
Read More...Discovery, Askari Amusement Park, Karachi, Pakistan
A 12-year-old girl was killed and 25 others injured when a Chinese knock-off Discovery rotating pendulum ride collapsed to the ground. The frisbee style ride was close to the highest point of completing a 360° swing of its mechanical arm, when the ride broke apart. The new Askari Amusement Park opened on June 14, 2018, […]
Read More...Sand Blaster, Boardwalk Amusements, Daytona Beach, Florida
Two people fell about 34 feet (10m) when the roller coaster derailed, sending six of the eight passengers to the hospital with minor injuries. The two thrown riders were in the front car, which was completely off the track and perpendicular to the ground, while four were in the partially-derailed middle car and two were […]
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