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11. Um, last night: Boat on Cedar Point ride rolls backward down hill; 7 hurt

Sat Jul 20, 2013, 03:55 PM

Jul 2013

SANDUSKY, OHIO — A boat on a thrill ride at an amusement park that bills itself as the best in the world accidentally rolled backward down a hill and flipped over in water when the ride malfunctioned Friday, injuring all seven people on it.

Operators stopped the Shoot the Rapids water ride after the accident, which occurred on the ride's first hill, the Cedar Point amusement park said. Park police officers, medical technicians, ride operators and park visitors waded into the water and helped the passengers off the boat.

Cedar Point officials wouldn't say how the boat landed after rolling downhill. But witnesses told the Sandusky Register newspaper the boat flipped on its side or upside down.

Matthew Orr, of Euclid, was at the park and said people were belted into the boat and were trapped.

http://www.freep.com/article/20130720/FEATURES07/307200052/Cedar-Point-ride-rolls-backward-down-hill-7-hurt

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A woman fell to her death from the Texas Giant rollercoaster Friday night [View all] Are_grits_groceries Jul 2013 OP

her son was next to her ? how horrible and sad JI7 Jul 2013 #1

Wow. . and I love roller coasters. . . B Calm Jul 2013 #2

Good grief malaise Jul 2013 #3

That is why I wont get on the damn things if you paid me!! darkangel218 Jul 2013 #4

Most of them are designed so an unsecured bag of flour wouldn't be ejected. Igel Jul 2013 #5

Shit happens. Millions to one chance. You should stop riding in cars also. n-t Logical Jul 2013 #13

Yeah they go all day with thousands of people on them Rex Jul 2013 #14

Its a personal choice. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #21

If "potentially endanger my life" means 500 million to 1 then OK. n-t Logical Jul 2013 #23

Yea. Its a possibility. Can you guarantee me i wont be that unlucky person? darkangel218 Jul 2013 #24

from wiki: darkangel218 Jul 2013 #27

LOL, give me drowning stats and bee sting stats. Then we will talk! Logical Jul 2013 #28

The stats of other types of accidents can not and will not invalidate darkangel218 Jul 2013 #29

Yes it does. "dangerous" is a relative term. n-t Logical Jul 2013 #30

No, it does not. nt darkangel218 Jul 2013 #32

A little more research and you would have your reasons..... Logical Jul 2013 #33

I still win, give it up. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #34

Here you go. Go away now.... Logical Jul 2013 #35

Go away? wow, nice style of debating darkangel218 Jul 2013 #36

LOL, next time you are in an argument, cutting one sentence from Wiki does not.... Logical Jul 2013 #37

Statistics dont lie. Rollercoaster accidents have happend and will continue happening. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #38

4 deaths a year with how many riding rollercoasters? Millions tammywammy Jul 2013 #40

And thousands more injured. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #41

You're most likely going to be hurt or injured at traveling carnival carnival rides tammywammy Jul 2013 #43

Perheps. or crossing the street. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #45

My sister lives with a neck injury from a roller coaster rainy Jul 2013 #68

Pretty high relative to? Still waiting. n-t Logical Jul 2013 #52

Relative to not getting on the ride. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #55

So is swimming. Do you swim? Smoke? n-t Logical Jul 2013 #56

Swimming is healthy. its a sport. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #58

Swimming is the same thing. Entertainment. Enjoyable. 3500.... Logical Jul 2013 #59

Swimming is not just enterteinment. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #60

Yes, the people flocking to the beach are there to do aerobics. But will you... Logical Jul 2013 #61

So swimming is not a sport, and has no other health benefits darkangel218 Jul 2013 #63

"Go away now"?? FU, in principle. WinkyDink Jul 2013 #47

Meh, he's upset. I must have hurt his feelings. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #51

You hurt my brain. n-t Logical Jul 2013 #53

Awww!! thats hard to believe, since youre the one who started this. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #57

Then for fuck's sake put her on Ignore TorchTheWitch Jul 2013 #70

Because of course one's need of a car IS THE EQUIVALENT of one's need of a carney ride. WinkyDink Jul 2013 #46

Brown said the woman had expressed concern to a park employee ronnie624 Jul 2013 #6

Yep. Minimum wage employees given the task of keeping people alive Horse with no Name Jul 2013 #7

I don't think the article mentioned the employee's wage. ronnie624 Jul 2013 #8

I bet he heard 100 comments a day like that. I love the DU..... Logical Jul 2013 #12

Have to agree, the "eyewitness" is not credible Rstrstx Jul 2013 #17

Thanks for the great information. Math is hard for some people. n-t Logical Jul 2013 #18

So is Chaucer in the original. And BTW: Statistics are, frankly, irrelevant to the WinkyDink Jul 2013 #48

I also wondered how she could see anything. tammywammy Jul 2013 #19

You're right. I shouldn't have said it. ronnie624 Jul 2013 #69

I think the point is lack of oversight burnodo Jul 2013 #15

That is HORRIBLE!!! They need to change their regulations. tblue Jul 2013 #26

Plaintiff injury attorneys must be lining round the block for this one Brewinblue Jul 2013 #9

Just got home last night from Cedar Point. MuseRider Jul 2013 #10

Um, last night: Boat on Cedar Point ride rolls backward down hill; 7 hurt The Straight Story Jul 2013 #11

Well that just sucks but it has MuseRider Jul 2013 #16

My daughter told me that when she has gone on the Texas Giant Horse with no Name Jul 2013 #39

Agreed... Blue_Tires Jul 2013 #42

Sitting for those seconds before MuseRider Jul 2013 #44

Just what I was thinking. Soundman Jul 2013 #65

Oh ho ho be very excited. MuseRider Jul 2013 #67

Second fatality since the park opened in 1961! FarCenter Jul 2013 #20

I've been going to that park for decades Major Nikon Jul 2013 #71

I used to avoid roller coasters like the plague. ananda Jul 2013 #22

Wooden coasters are real bone-shakers. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2013 #64

I worked at Kings Island, OHIO JesterCS Jul 2013 #25

Did they ever reopen the Son of Beast? B Calm Jul 2013 #49

And the message to the Arlington police officers investigating RB TexLa Jul 2013 #31

One time at Disneyland I was on the Matterhorn and some people near us said "we're not fastened in Raine Jul 2013 #50

Virtually the same thing happened to me years ago on the Demon at 6Flags Gurnee, WI. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2013 #66

Oh man, what a horrible way to die dgilmour32863 Jul 2013 #54

Question 90-percent Jul 2013 #62