Hurmoth Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 A teenage girl's legs were severed above the ankle while on a thrill ride at a popular amusement park on Thursday, 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. It is unclear at what point during the ride the girl, 13, was injured, Goldberg said. The girl 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. The ride has been shut down indefinitely while park officials investigate what caused the accident. The rest of the park remained open. News Source: FOXNews.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Yeah, sounds like quite a thrill :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlem39s Finest Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 thats f***** up ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pc_Madness Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Did they check lost and found for her legs? :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightIdea Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 It wasn't her legs... It was her feet... But how the hell did this happen?! I'm guessing it was her fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsim7 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Bloody Hell :| -Rich- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myNando Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Wow! How horrible!! I hope she's okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Markus Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Yeah I wonder how, as the ride looks quite safe from these photos.. http://www.negative-g.com/SFKK/SFKK1999/SFKK2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahromie Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 News Source: FOXNews.com Heh, Foxnews.. Shouldn't it be "Below" or "At" the ankle?!? Still doesn't help her though. :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acies Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Were they like that when she went on the ride? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas-c Veteran Posted June 22, 2007 Veteran Share Posted June 22, 2007 this is why they say "please keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted June 22, 2007 Author Share Posted June 22, 2007 Were they like that when she went on the ride? I'm pretty sure people would have noticed a girl bleed from severed feet before they got on the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micro Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 (edited) Huh, i dont see how she could have lost her feet... EDIT: looks like her feet were caught up in the exterior frame. better look: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpu killer Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Cant imagine how horrible it must've been for her and all those present on the ride to just have her feet ripped off like that. I feel very sorry for her :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrKuro Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 freaky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaViD_BRaNDoN Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenser.d Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 That's really sad. I hope she gets better (as much as she can, anyways). What's also sad is I could see this getting blown into a 'roller coasters aren't safe' dispute by some activists when in reality, they're probably far safer than the car ride you took to get there. -Spenser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2687 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 (CNN) -- A girl's feet were cut off Thursday when a free-fall thrill ride malfunctioned at the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Amusement Park in Louisville, Kentucky, police said.A cord wrapped around the 16-year-old's feet and severed them at her ankles while she was on the "Superman Tower of Power," a police dispatcher said. The girl was taken to a local hospital. An unidentified witness told CNN affiliate WLKY she saw a cable on the ride snap. "The people on the ride just came and hit the ground," she said. "When I got up there, the lady she was just sitting there, and she didn't have no legs. ... And she was just there, calm, probably in shock from everything." "That could have been all of us -- riding that ride," witness Whitney Sandfer told CNN affiliate WDRB/WMYO. The incident took place shortly before 5 p.m. ET, according to Six Flags spokeswoman Wendy Goldberg. The park remained open, but the ride in question was shut down and will remain so until the full investigation is complete, Goldberg said. During the ride, passengers are lifted to 177 feet, suspended momentarily and then dropped, according to the park's Web site. Passengers drop 154 feet at 54 mph, stopping "just 20 terrifying feet above the pavement," it adds. "I seen the car go up. Then, like, the cable broke, I heard -- pwchh -- and I heard a lot of people screaming," Chris Stinnett, who was at a ride next to the Superman Tower of Power, told WDRB/WMYO. "The cable went under the car -- and I seen it pull up and hit a lot of people -- and I seen them bring their legs up," Stinnett said. The ride was introduced in 1995. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/06/21/six.f...dent/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owatonna Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 (edited) Hey we have one of these in Minnesota it was suppose to be higher but was restricted due to a near by airport. http://www.econ.umn.edu/~guihong/my_album/...0fair/tower.jpg http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp...006DSCN8358.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsolete_power Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Pictures??? I want to see her severed feet, poor girl. I really feel sorry for her, I hope she get's well fast, she is not permanently disabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevcart3 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Actually, the ride looks a little different than that, I've rode it before, it used to be called "the hellevator" http://www.negative-g.com/SFKK/SFKK2004/Fr...ellivator-2.jpg until they renamed it recently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argonite Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Pictures??? I want to see her severed feet, poor girl. I really feel sorry for her, I hope she get's well fast, she is not permanently disabled. Trust me, you don't want to see her severed feet. And probably the last thing she needs right now are pictures of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenser.d Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 (edited) @kevcart3 - They have one like that in Six Flags Great America (Gurnee, IL), called Giant Drop. It's a pretty excellent ride - intense, as you wait about 10 seconds at the top before the freefall, but lots of fun. I can't imagine having feet at the top and then not at the bottom though... -Spenser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Seetheworldsecond Subscriber¹ Posted June 22, 2007 Subscriber¹ Share Posted June 22, 2007 Lawsuit?!?!?!??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevcart3 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 (edited) @kevcart3 - They have one like that in Six Flags Great America (Gurnee, IL), called Giant Drop. It's a pretty excellent ride - intense, as you wait about 10 seconds at the top before the freefall, but lots of fun. I can't imagine having feet at the top and then not at the bottom though...-Spenser Yeah, the ride always seemed pretty safe to me, as I've visited the park quite a few times over the years. It wouldn't be one of the rides there that I would expect that to happen. I can't imagine how painful that must have been for the poor girl :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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