Girl's feet sliced off on ride at Six Flags
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June 23, 2007
BY BRETT BARROUQUERE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Six Flags and Cedar Fair shut down eight more thrill rides around North America on Friday after a teenage girl's feet were sliced off during a ride in Kentucky.
Officials visited the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom to examine the Superman Tower of Power, where the accident happened Thursday. The ride lifts passengers 177 feet straight up, then drops them at speeds reaching 54 mph.
A cable broke loose on the ride, striking the 13-year-old girl in the legs, said Bill Clary, a spokesman for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, which inspects amusement park rides.
The girl was taken to a hospital, where her condition was not immediately available Friday.
A similar ride at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee was among those shut down as a safety precaution, spokeswoman Wendy Goldberg said.
(http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/440201,CST-NWS-rides23.article)
June 23, 2007
BY BRETT BARROUQUERE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Six Flags and Cedar Fair shut down eight more thrill rides around North America on Friday after a teenage girl's feet were sliced off during a ride in Kentucky.
Officials visited the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom to examine the Superman Tower of Power, where the accident happened Thursday. The ride lifts passengers 177 feet straight up, then drops them at speeds reaching 54 mph.
A cable broke loose on the ride, striking the 13-year-old girl in the legs, said Bill Clary, a spokesman for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, which inspects amusement park rides.
The girl was taken to a hospital, where her condition was not immediately available Friday.
A similar ride at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee was among those shut down as a safety precaution, spokeswoman Wendy Goldberg said.
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