Amusement Park Accident The Latest Tragedy

When we plan an evening with our near and dear ones to go to an amusement park we hardly think about the probabilities of the accidents. But its better to have a brief idea about any rides we are going to attempt. There are some basic precautions which we must follow and encourage others to follow to avoid any amusement park accident. Rest is left on our fate, since we can hardly predict it

The nations well known amusement parks like Clementon Amusement Park and Splash World Waterpark, Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, Six Flags Great Adventure, The Disney Land, Moreys Piers etc. provide enough security and protection to all visitors. But the tragedy is that we cannot predict when a malfunction in a ride will occur and thus result in an amusement park accident. The recent most accident which still produces a stir in our body is the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom accident on the Superman Tower of Power ride.

Six Flags Great Adventure, the amusement park introduced a new ride called the Superman Tower of Power Ride in 1995. The ride lifts the passengers to a height of 177 feet up and then drops nearly the same distance at a speed of approximately 54 mph. Some people avoid this ride seeing the other people lifted to such a great height and then dropped. While many people ride due to the adventure. A 13 year old kid was similarly attracted to fun and became a victim of simple malfunction resulting in the dangerous amusement park accident. Her whole life was spoiled within a minute when both of her legs from the ankle were severed by a rope. Bill Clarry who inspects the rides is still in confusion about, what caused the breakage or how did the cable break.

From that Thursday no one is riding the ride and it is closed till the investigators find out the major reason for such malfunction. An unidentified witness reports that she was next to the ride when the amusement park accident occurred. She said that she saw the lose cable which whipped across the 13year olds feet. She was startled seeing all the passengers hitting the ground and finally the child sitting on the ground with no feet. The child was in a state of shock and collapsed. The kid was taken to a nearby hospital and on both her feet were amputed.

We are quite aware of various accidents occurring in the roads, factories every day where people have to carry heavy tolls due to some malfunction or mistakes. Perhaps the risk of life or accidents is much higher outside the amusement parks, but since any amusement park accident our children in majority of the cases hence the issue becomes more highlighted. It also affects us more mentally and psychologically.

Only one a question rovers in our mind, what did the 13 year old girl do that she has to face such an amusement park accident? Cnn