Girl's feet severed on ride at Six Flags

[thepeopleslawyer]

(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.

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.

"Feel the adrenalin rush of rapid ascent to the dizzying summit. That's when the Kryptonite kicks in and suddenly you're plummeting 177 harrowing feet to the pavement below," the description says.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/21/six...ent/index.html

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Poor kid! At least she's going to get millions for this

[Flea]

OMG, that poor kid!

[Douche]

I hope she walks all over them in court

She should be on her feet in no time at all

[PakiDan]

I hope she walks all over them in court

She should be on her feet in no time at all

bag

[resistanze]

Wow, that' just disturbing.

[NorCal510]

I hope she walks all over them in court

She should be on her feet in no time at all

wrong but funny

[AnkleBreaker21]

with all the money she is about to get, she can put some robot legs on

[cholo]

shes going to look like lieutenant Dan!

[Spurfect]

oh my god! that ride sounds like the Scream here at Fiesta TX. I'm gonna be paranoid to ride it now! lol

[Borosai]

ed up.

[SrA Husker]

How does a cord get wrapped around the girls feet on this ride? It seems just like scream at fiesta texas, and in this type of ride, there shouldn't be anything near your feet...

[BeerIsGood!]

It's just like the Scream at Fiesta Texas, and I can't figure out how in the a cord came undone and nobody noticed and stopped the ride to get it fixed.

[T Park]

Its familiar to the ride out in california.

Thats an enclosed car, and I have no idea what could've wrapped around her feet either.

[Leetonidas]

Oh my goodness, that's freaking awful...

[Spurfect]

Its familiar to the ride out in california.

Thats an enclosed car, and I have no idea what could've wrapped around her feet either.

I hate when stories don't make sense!!!

[joeyjfive]

Jesus, thats some crazy stuff

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I hate when stories don't make sense!!!

A little bit more info from CNN's story.

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(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.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Part of a broken cable was visible on the ride. Asked about the cable, McLean said "it would be speculation" to say how the ride malfunctioned or whether the cable contributed to the accident.

[Spurfect]

A little bit more info from CNN's story.

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(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.

apparently nobody can talk right in Kentucky.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

apparently nobody can talk right in Kentucky.

Or count...The C-J's story listed the girl as 13.

[sabar]

I'm even more confuzzled now.

[MannyIsGod]

How does a cord get wrapped around the girls feet on this ride? It seems just like scream at fiesta texas, and in this type of ride, there shouldn't be anything near your feet...

Well...peoples legs shouldn't be getting cut off so obviously if there was something near her feet it shouldn't have been there.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Poor kid! At least she's going to get millions for this

I know this is the least of her worries, but she's not going to have to worry about money ever again. Six Flags has no choice. They have no feet to stand on with this one.

[maxpower]

found this online.
I can't even fathom how the accident would happen.

Here is another version.