A 20-year-old Fukui woman who was riding in the car in question sustained a serious back injury, while a 28-year-old man from Osaka Prefecture who was in a pool near the ride was seriously hurt after one of the roller coaster's metal wheels fell on him [from a height of 8 meters].
Each of the wheels is 32 cm in diameter and 6 cm thick, weighing about 6 kg.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20030824a3.htm
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by Kurofune » Mon Aug 25, 2003 6:58 am
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I saw the Flying Wheels
by Taro Toporific » Mon Aug 25, 2003 8:51 am
Kurofune wrote:...was seriously hurt after one of the roller coaster's metal wheels fell on him [from a height of 8 meters].
Japan Times, Sunday Aug 24
Did someone say, "FLYING WHEEL"?
As I looked, behold, a storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like glowing metal in the midst of the fire.
5 Within it there were figures resembling four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human form.
6 Each of them had four faces and four wings.
7 Their legs were straight and their feet were like a calf's hoof, and they gleamed like burnished bronze.
8 Under their wings on their four sides were human hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,
of amber, out of the midst of the fire. ...(Ezekiel 1:4-8)
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by AssKissinger » Mon Aug 25, 2003 11:07 am
This is the Steel Dragon coaster where it happened. I've ridden it. It's really not so great because it doesn't have any sharp turns or loops. At that park White Cyclone is better.
White Cyclone
The best roller coasters I've ever ridden were at Universal Studios in Florida at Islands of Adventure. The Hulk and Dueling Dragons.
The Hulk
Dueling Dragons
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by AssKissinger » Wed Aug 27, 2003 8:50 am
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Latest Roller Coaster Death!
by AssKissinger » Sat Sep 06, 2003 9:00 am
http://www.yahoo.com/s/110201
Here is a list of some accidents on rides, roller coasters and at theme parks in the past few decades.
September 2001: A woman who rode Montezooma's Revenge at Knott's Berry Farm died of a ruptured brain aneurysm.
August 2001: A woman riding the Monkey Business spinning mouse ride at Six Flags Marine World complained of a headache and died of a ruptured brain aneurysm.
July 2001: Chaos, a Chance Thrill Ride at Michigan's Adventure toppled over and collapsed trapping riders in their seats.
June 2001: The Corkscrew at Alton Towers, England, stalled mid-ride, with the train failing to complete the circuit. 28 riders were trapped on the double corkscrew inversion for 90 minutes. Also in June, a groundskeeper at Lake Compounce was killed when attending the area around Boulder Dash coaster when the ride was run unexpectedly in the early morning. Also during the same month, a woman suffered serious head and neck injuries and later died when a train slammed into the back of another on the Treetop Twister, a Reverchon Spinning coaster, at Lightwater Valley, North Yorkshire, UK.
January 2001: At Disneyland California, a young girl lost part of her finger after it got caught un an attraction on Tom Sawyer Island.
November 2000: A man was killed on Splash Mountain, Magic Kingdom, after he left the boat mid-ride and was struck by another boat.
October 2000: A boy suffered serious brain damage after being pinned under a car on Roger Rabbit, Disneyland.
September 2000: 14 people were injured on the Pepsi Max Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, England, when the brakes failed to stop a train which plowed into the rear of a train in the station. Injuries included broken legs and ribs. Also in September, a fire burnt down the Tower of Terror at Camelot, England during refurbishment of it.
August 2000: A car on Space Mountain, Disneyland, de-railed causing injury to a number of riders when the ride came to a sudden halt.
July 2000: At Lake Compounce, a 6 year old boy was killed when he fell off his inner tube on the park's Lake Plunge water slide. The boy was recovered half an hour later from the bottom of the lake. He was pronounced dead when he never regained consciousness.
May 2000: At Six Flags Ohio, a 17 year old ride operator was injured after falling from the loading platform of the Batman Knight Flight roller coaster.
September 1999: A man who wasn't properly secured into the Shockwave roller coaster at Paramount's King's Dominion fell out of the ride and was killed.
August 1999: A man died after riding the Shockwave roller coaster at Paramount's King's Dominion. Also in this month, a boy was killed when he fell from Drop Zone at Paramount's Great America. Another accident in this month was at Lake Compounce where a park employee aged 16 was struck by the Tornado ride and dragged to his death.
March 1999: A woman was killed and ten were injured after a raft on a river rapids flipped over trapping riders beneath the water surface.
February 1999: A worker at the skyride cable car ride at Magic Kingdom was struck by a car and forced him to grab on to it. He held on for about a minute before letting go and falling to his death. The ride was removed following this incident.
May 1996: At Six Flags Great America, a train full of passengers was stranded upside sown for three hours on a vertical loop. Also in this month, a man who had ventured into a restricted area beneath Top Gun: The Jet Coaster, to retrieve his wife's hat which had been dropped from the ride earlier in the day, was stuck in the head by the foot of a passenger on the inverted train. The man was killed and the woman who had struck him suffered a broken leg.
May 1987: During a ride on a roller coaster in New Jersey, a 33 year old man left his safety restraint, stood up and leaned outside his car. His head struck an object. He sustained fatal head injury and died seven weeks later from complications resulting from the accident.
July 1980: A 26 year old male was killed at an amusement park in Missouri when the ride operator of a roller coaster mistakenly assumed that the train in which the victim was riding was empty and so he switched the track to direct the train into a service area. The area in which the service track ran through was of low clearance and the victim's head got jammed between the back of his seat and an overhead wooden beam.
The man died inside a tunnel section of the ride, and his body remained there for the investigation, said city spokesman John Nicoletti. He was not immediately identified.
Here is a list of some accidents on rides, roller coasters and at theme parks in the past few decades.
September 2001: A woman who rode Montezooma's Revenge at Knott's Berry Farm died of a ruptured brain aneurysm.
August 2001: A woman riding the Monkey Business spinning mouse ride at Six Flags Marine World complained of a headache and died of a ruptured brain aneurysm.
July 2001: Chaos, a Chance Thrill Ride at Michigan's Adventure toppled over and collapsed trapping riders in their seats.
June 2001: The Corkscrew at Alton Towers, England, stalled mid-ride, with the train failing to complete the circuit. 28 riders were trapped on the double corkscrew inversion for 90 minutes. Also in June, a groundskeeper at Lake Compounce was killed when attending the area around Boulder Dash coaster when the ride was run unexpectedly in the early morning. Also during the same month, a woman suffered serious head and neck injuries and later died when a train slammed into the back of another on the Treetop Twister, a Reverchon Spinning coaster, at Lightwater Valley, North Yorkshire, UK.
January 2001: At Disneyland California, a young girl lost part of her finger after it got caught un an attraction on Tom Sawyer Island.
November 2000: A man was killed on Splash Mountain, Magic Kingdom, after he left the boat mid-ride and was struck by another boat.
October 2000: A boy suffered serious brain damage after being pinned under a car on Roger Rabbit, Disneyland.
September 2000: 14 people were injured on the Pepsi Max Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, England, when the brakes failed to stop a train which plowed into the rear of a train in the station. Injuries included broken legs and ribs. Also in September, a fire burnt down the Tower of Terror at Camelot, England during refurbishment of it.
August 2000: A car on Space Mountain, Disneyland, de-railed causing injury to a number of riders when the ride came to a sudden halt.
July 2000: At Lake Compounce, a 6 year old boy was killed when he fell off his inner tube on the park's Lake Plunge water slide. The boy was recovered half an hour later from the bottom of the lake. He was pronounced dead when he never regained consciousness.
May 2000: At Six Flags Ohio, a 17 year old ride operator was injured after falling from the loading platform of the Batman Knight Flight roller coaster.
September 1999: A man who wasn't properly secured into the Shockwave roller coaster at Paramount's King's Dominion fell out of the ride and was killed.
August 1999: A man died after riding the Shockwave roller coaster at Paramount's King's Dominion. Also in this month, a boy was killed when he fell from Drop Zone at Paramount's Great America. Another accident in this month was at Lake Compounce where a park employee aged 16 was struck by the Tornado ride and dragged to his death.
March 1999: A woman was killed and ten were injured after a raft on a river rapids flipped over trapping riders beneath the water surface.
February 1999: A worker at the skyride cable car ride at Magic Kingdom was struck by a car and forced him to grab on to it. He held on for about a minute before letting go and falling to his death. The ride was removed following this incident.
May 1996: At Six Flags Great America, a train full of passengers was stranded upside sown for three hours on a vertical loop. Also in this month, a man who had ventured into a restricted area beneath Top Gun: The Jet Coaster, to retrieve his wife's hat which had been dropped from the ride earlier in the day, was stuck in the head by the foot of a passenger on the inverted train. The man was killed and the woman who had struck him suffered a broken leg.
May 1987: During a ride on a roller coaster in New Jersey, a 33 year old man left his safety restraint, stood up and leaned outside his car. His head struck an object. He sustained fatal head injury and died seven weeks later from complications resulting from the accident.
July 1980: A 26 year old male was killed at an amusement park in Missouri when the ride operator of a roller coaster mistakenly assumed that the train in which the victim was riding was empty and so he switched the track to direct the train into a service area. The area in which the service track ran through was of low clearance and the victim's head got jammed between the back of his seat and an overhead wooden beam.
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by ramchop » Tue Sep 09, 2003 10:22 am
Tokyo Disneyland resumed operations Sunday of one of its popular coasters, closed down after a fatal accident on a similar ride at the Disneyland in California.
yippee!!!! And to add to my Dizunirando experience, "It's a small world" was closed for renovations.
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