SIX FLAGS HORROR
GIRL'S LEGS SEVERED ON RIDE
Post Wire Services
June 22, 2007 -- A teenage girl's legs were severed above the ankle while on a thrill ride at a popular amusement park yesterday, park officials said.

The accident happened around 4:45 p.m. on the Superman Tower of Power at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, said Six Flags spokeswoman Wendy Goldberg.

A witness, Chris Dinnette, was riding one car over from the girl who was hurt. He told NBC affiliate WAVE he heard what he thought were screams of excitement. But then he saw a cable "come back and hit a lot of people" and realized he was hearing screams of horror.

The girl, 13, was taken to University Hospital. There was no immediate word on her condition.

The ride lifts passengers 177 feet straight up, then drops 154 feet, reaching a speed of 54 mph, according to the park's Web site.

But riders say they saw a cable snap on the platform as the ride reached the top. It then seemed to snap again on the way down.

"As the ride came down, the wire swung left, struck the young lady on the back side of my children," said Chris Williams, whose daughter had traded seats with the 13-year-old.

Once it reached the ground, Treva Smith raced to the ride to find members of her group who had been on it.

"When I got up there, the lady, she was just sitting there and she didn't have no legs," Smith said.

"She didn't have no legs at all. She was just calm, probably in shock from everything."

State officials immediately closed the ride and were conducting an investigation into what caused the accident. The ride was shut down indefinitely. The rest of the park remained open.

Investigators returned to Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom to examine the Superman Tower of Power ride, said Bill Clary, a spokesman for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture.

The Agriculture Department is responsible for inspecting amusement park rides in Kentucky.

"We don't know the cause and we may never know the cause, honestly," Clary said.

I can't hardly belive this! So sad and horrifying!

WTF! I RODE ON THAT THING!!!!!!!!!

You can put me on the tallest roller coaster ever and I'm fine. However, I refuse to ride these free fall type rides.

That is really horrible though.

This is aweful!!! poor girl..


My fam tried to get me to get on this ride called Acrophobia @ Six Flags.. I'm like h e l l NO! You stand up on this ride.. it shoots you up to the top of this circular tower, waits a few secs so you're completely terrorized, then drops you about 150ft @ about 50 mph! I love roller coasters though! Go figure?

Cant imagine...Omg that poor girl.

I too love Roller Coasters...But I am all set...My brother rode the Hulk coaster at universal...His retna got detached from the motion of the ride...Nearly blinded him...This was like 2 years ago...Human error is just a bit tooooo scary these days and happens way too often...too bad

OMG!!!!
wowsers poor lil girl

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Originally posted by Sydneyjean:
Cant imagine...Omg that poor girl.

I too love Roller Coasters...But I am all set...My brother rode the Hulk coaster at universal...His retna got detached from the motion of the ride...Nearly blinded him...This was like 2 years ago...Human error is just a bit tooooo scary these days and happens way too often...too bad

OMG! that is crazy, Syd! I rode that ride.. it's extremely FAST! Don't plan on getting back on there again! I'm getting to OLD for these extreme rides!

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