10. RIDE OF STEEL DARRIEN LAKE:
U.S Army SGT. JAMES HACKEMER wanted to try every roller coaster at the Darien Lake theme Park, provide it was suitable safe to accommodate a double-amputee as himself. The Iraq war vet had no reason to worry after receiving assurance that he’d be fine on The Ride of Steel. Sitting right at the front, HACKEMER fell through the harness on the ride’s first incline and fell to a brutal, tragic death. Neither the lap bar nor seatbelt restraints were able to sufficiently secure HACKEMER.
9. ACTION PARK:
It’s a wonder that action park even lasted as long as it did the park represented a perfect storm of unsafe rides, some drunken and belligerent patrons and plenty of disinterested teenage employees a litany of incidents at the park resulted in at least six deaths from a variety of causes that range from heart attack to Electrocution to Drownings. In one particular incident, a man was killed when the car he was riding in came off the tracks of the Alpine slide, causing him to smash his head on a rock below.
8. THE CYCLONE CONEY ISLAND:
The Cyclone roller coaster has become such an historic fixture within Coney Island the ride isn’t a stranger to ignominy, although two rider deaths in the 80’s both came as a result of reckless rider behavior. One particular rickety ride on July 31, 2007, however, left 53-year-old California man KEITH SHIRASAWA in pain and with numbness in his fingers. After being admitted to hospital with what later diagnosed as a broken neck, SHIRASAWA died days later due to complications of his injury.
7. PUFF THE LITTLE FIRE DRAGON LAGOON AMUSEMENT PARK:
Sadly, it isn’t just the high impact coasters that can result in safety concerns. The first recorded ride-related death in the long history of the Lagoon Amusement Park. Came on the popular children’s ride, Puff The Little Fire Dragon. On May 1, 1989, six-years-old Ryan BECKSTEAD managed to wrest himself free of the ride’s restraining devices and stood up as the ride was leaving the station. He quickly fell out of the moving car, but wasn’t seriously hurt by the relatively short fall. However, he attempted to climb back onto the tracks just as another car was arriving. He was struck and is believed to have died on impact.
6. SUPERMAN SIX FLAGS KENTUCKY:
The “Superman tower of power” vertically drops ride at six flags Kentucky probably felt more like it was based on the character Spiderman super-villain Dr. octopus for a group of teenage girls in July of 2007. As the girls ascended on the ride, they became horrified upon noticing a number of support cables breaking loose and beginning to whip around freely. Their pleading screams for the ride to be shut off fell on deaf ears and the cables viciously snapped back and forth as the riders were dropped in a free fall. Many passengers were injured from the cables and one girl was forced to have both feet amputated.
5. FLIGHT COMMADER KING’S ISLAND:
There’s an old adage that no publicity is bad publicity, but you still have to wonder whether an amusement park really wants to host the SYFY “Ghost Hunters” Amidst rumors of Hauntings the haunted reputation of king’s island stems from a tragic, deadly two-incident day at the park on June 9, 1991. First, William HAITHCOAT and park employee Darrel Robertson were both fatally electrocuted while trying to save another guest who had fallen into a pond. About an hour later, 32-year-old candy Taylor was killed when she fell from the park’s flight commander despite a truly dark day, the park remains open-haunted reputation and all.
4. BATMAN: THE RIDE SIX FLAGS OVER GEORGIA:
The park bears the brunt of responsibility in making their safe and secure, but guest also have to know not to put themselves in the line of fire. That lesson hadn’t been passed on to a young PARK-GOER on June 28, 2008 at the batman ride at six flags over Georgia. Having earlier lost his hat on the ride, he opted to jump two fences to retrieve it, soon getting decapitated thanks to his dangerous proximity to the ride.
3. FUJIN RAIJIN II EXPOLAND:
For 37 years, Osaka, Japan’s Expoland was a popular, thriving amusement park with more than 40 rides and attractions .Then came tragedy on May 5, 2007. The country’s worst amusement park disaster occurred when the FUJIN RAIJIN II roller coaster derailed killing one 19-years-old university student and injuring 19 others when an investigation into the accident revealed a broken axle, it was revealed that the axles hadn’t been replaced in 15 years. The park reopened a month later, but was closed permanently shortly thereafter on account of poor attendance.
2. HYDRO OAKWOOD THEME PARK:
The hydro water roller coaster at the Oakwood theme park in Wales was known for its signature drops. But in April 2004, 16-year-old Hayley Williams faced tragic plunge of an entirely different nature. While riding hydro, Williams fell out of her car and drooped 100 feet, sustaining internal injuries that ultimately led to her death. The park was fined almost $400,000 for negligence after it was discovered that employees had habitually failed to check the bars and seatbelts that held riders in place.
1. THE BIG DIPPER BATTERSEA FUN FAIR:
England’s Battersea fun fair has the infamous, notorious distinction of being home to the worst roller coaster tragedy in history. In 1972, the ever-popular wooden coaster known s the big
dipper served as the park’s signature attraction in spite of its Rickety-Ness and a high level of required maintenance that demanded constant and meticulous attention. In May of that year, a rope that brought the cars to the top of the hill snapped and the anti-rollback feature failed leaving a chain of speeding cars to smash into a wall at full speed the accident killed five children and injured 13 more, with the park closing two years later on account of the negligence associated with the disaster.
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