Boy falls off 400 foot ride to his death

[Dekster]

Dekster

The staff failed to check and should have never launched the ride

And the owner of the company says he was in a safety harness when it happened. The investigation will go wherever it goes. I had the safety bar on a rollercoaster that was locked in place when the ride started pop up on me during the ride. I slammed it down and it locked in place again. I told them about it when the ride was over but so far as I could tell, they didn't take the ride or car out of service

 

[Esdraelon]

Young kids bounce back from big injuries

He DIED...

 

[Quasar44]

And the owner of the company says he was in a safety harness when it happened. The investigation will go wherever it goes. I had the safety bar on a rollercoaster that was locked in place when the ride started pop up on me during the ride. I slammed it down and it locked in place again. I told them about it when the ride was over but so far as I could tell, they didn't take the ride or car out of service

You could have been brutally killed

 

[Quasar44]

He DIED...

Oy vey
This is just awful and Disney land should be closed down

 

[Quasar44]

You could have been brutally killed

Esdraelon

 

[Dekster]

You could have been brutally killed

Not likely just because of where in the ride it happened. we had just topped a hill from the biggest drop where the track leveled out for a bit before the next smaller drop happened.

 

[Quasar44]

Dekster
This was Orlando ?!?
Just terrible
These rides need to be checked daily

 

[Quasar44]

Seems the equipment malfunctioned

 

[Desperado]

There is an interlock on all the set and if the harness mechanism is not down and locked it does not all the ride to go up.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

He should never have been allowed to get on the ride at all. Rides are just not constructed for those with outsized proportions. This happens all the time with the morbidly obese.

 

[Dekster]

Dekster
This was Orlando ?!?
Just terrible
These rides need to be checked daily

Nope was a dinky wooden roller coaster at Kings Dominion called the Grizzly. Happened in the section that is around 1:30 mark in this video of somebody else's ride

 

[Batcat]

Toffeenut Baconsmuggler

let’s hope the kid recovers

If so he would be undead.

 

[Dekster]

There is an interlock on all the set and if the harness mechanism is not down and locked it does not all the ride to go up.

I read that earlier, Giving everybody the benefit of the doubt, I am starting to suspect that his weight and or height ) or the combination) may have caused the seat to fail. He has apparently been not allowed on several rides already because of that and he wa saying something was wrong with his seat moving around on the way up per his friends..

 

[Quasar44]

There is an interlock on all the set and if the harness mechanism is not down and locked it does not all the ride to go up.

His father said he was a straight A student with NFL dreams

 

[Quasar44]

He DIED...

I am having severe mental psychos right now ( due to dozens of personal problems)and was hoping the kid would survive
I guess falling 400 feet at 75 mph is hard to win unless you’re a tennis ball

 

[Dekster]

I am having severe mental psychos right now ( due to dozens of personal problems)and was hoping the kid would survive
I guess falling 400 feet at 75 mph is hard to win unless you’re a tennis ball

I was surprised that one of the people who rushed to him indicated he was still alive after landing. That apparently wasn't for long though.

 

[Quasar44]

Dekster
I hope this poor family hires the most “super duper Jewish attorney in SE FL) and sues Disney for 10 billion

 

[Quasar44]

Batcat
I know I be dead even if I fell 14 feet but I was just hoping this big kid was not

 

[Batcat]

Batcat
I know I be dead even if I fell 14 feet but I was just hoping this big kid was not

Unfortunately he was dead. I feel sorry for him, his friends and his parents.

 

[Dekster]

Dekster
I hope this poor family hires the most “super duper Jewish attorney in SE FL) and sues Disney for 10 billion

They already have an attorney who is already threatening to sue.