Just a crazy accident, that could have happened anywhere before the modifications to the safety systems were made. I think that the most traumatic incident that comes to mind is defiantly the Superman Drop Tower Accident. Nice dad eh? ), and coming back to Hanna-Barbara Land to meet up with my mom and sister, and telling her that I was "Not Dead". I ended up going on it (After being called a chicken. My dad wanting to go on it and I refusing to go, scared by the story my mother told me of the accident. I remember clearly my first ride on Drop Zone. I remember my mother wouldn't allow me to ride Drop Zone at Canada's Wonderland after reading about this accident in a magazine of some sorts while at my grandmother house. Now you know the correct facts of the accident and now know that its pretty unacceptable in most places to use the word "Retarded", especially in a situation where you ARE talking about someone who is mentally disabled, I can speak of my own memory of this accident.Įven being over in Canada, I have memories of this particular accident. The Drop Zone Stunt Tower reopens Saturday. "Despite our extensive investigation to date, we may never know exactly what happened to Joshua." Gayle Ando, general manager of Paramount's Great America, says that park investigators were also unable to make any conclusions about the cause of the accident. "How he fell from a ride equipped with a contoured seat and an over-the-shoulder safety harness is not known," says a police report which suggests that Smurphat fell from the 129-foot tall ride as his car was descending in a freefall. The investigation of the accident, which left 12-year-old Joshua Smurphat dead, yielded no explanation of how the accident happened. (Friday, November 5, 1999) - The Santa Clara District Attorney's Office has announced that no charges will be filed in connection with August's Drop Zone Stunt Tower accident at Paramount's Great America theme park. The ride is closed indefinitely.ĭrop Zone death: no charges, no explanation
The Santa Clara police department is also investigating. Park officials have asked representatives from Intamin to help them investigate the accident. They also say that the boy had met ride safety requirements. Park officials say that the victim's shoulder harness was locked, and that it remained in place during the accident. Electromagnetic brakes bring the cars to a gradual stop at the base of the tower. The cars are floorless, open-air cabins, and allow the riders legs to dangle beneath them throughout the ride. The ride, a freefall ride manufactured by Intamin AG of Switzerland, features cars which are hoisted up a 224-foot tall tower and then drop 129 feet, reaching speeds of up to 62 miles per hour. (Sunday, August 22, 1999) - A twelve-year-old boy was killed after he fell out of the Drop Zone Stunt Tower at Paramount's Great America theme park in Santa Clara, California. heres a link to what happened īoy, 12, killed in fall from ride at Paramount's Great America I found out about this from a newstory a few years back while watching youtube.
The water slide then collapsed killing one girl and injuring 30 more. They all ignored the life guard and rushed onto the slide filling it to near quadruple recommended capacity. A graduating high school class was trying to beat the record for most students on a waterslide at one time. (all this info was gathered from wikipedia )Īnother notable one that was caused due to the rider and not the park was at Waterworld USA(I'm not sure if we are counting water parks here so if not sorry, but i still consider this horrific ). It started going back through the previous track until it finally ran into a concrete support struckture, killing three and nearly killing a fourth. It came to the third loop and couldn't make it, due to it losing a lot of speed. After the second loop the back car came off the track and started fishtailing which caused a few people to be flung from the back car. I would have to say, with what I've read, the Mindbender at Galaxyland.
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