Girl loses both feet on Superman: Tower of Power ride
Date: June 21, 2007
Park: Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Story: As the riders ascended the Superman: Tower of Power ride, a broken cable snapped, whipped around, and severed a 13-year old girl's feet.
Source: The Courier-Journal
Park employee flung from Rolling Thunder
Date: August 16, 1981
Park: Six Flags Great Adventure (N.J.)
Story: A park employee fell to his death during a test ride because, according to the park, he "may have assumed an unauthorized riding position that did not make use of the safety feature of the restraining devices."
Source: New York Times
Teenager is decapitated by Batman: The Ride roller coaster
Date: June 28, 2008
Park: Six Flags Over Georgia
Story: After losing his hat while riding the Batman: The Ride roller coaster, a teenager jumped over the fence surrounding the coaster to retrieve it. He was decapitated in the process.
Source: Fox News
A man dies when a Skybucket gondola breaks from cable and falls to ground below
Date: February 5, 1978
Park: Six Flags Magic Mountain (Calif.)
Story: A gondola carrying a couple fell from its cable 50 feet to the ground. The man was reportedly rocking the car before it fell. He was killed in the accident, while his wife was seriously injured.
Source: RideAccidents.com
Man falls to his death after being thrown from the Superman: Ride of Steel roller coaster
Date: May 1, 2004
Park: Six Flags New England (Mass.)
Story: A man was thrown from the final turn of the Superman: Ride of Steel roller coaster, hitting the rail and then falling only a few feet to the ground below. He was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.
Source: Boston Globe
Teenager falls from Lightnin' Loops roller coaster
Date: June 17, 1987
Park: Six Flags Great Adventure (N.J.)
Story: After not being strapped into her shoulder harness properly, a girl fell to her death during the loop-the-loop roller coaster ride.
Source: New York Times
Woman drowns in Roaring Rapids water park ride
Date: March 21, 1999
Park: Six Flags Over Texas
Story: A woman drowned when the inflatable boat she was in unexpectedly deflated and overturned in 2-3 feet of water and she was trapped underneath.
Source: Corpus Christi Caller Times
Girl's foot is crushed on the Cajun Cliffhanger
Date: July 19, 2000
Park: Six Flags Great America (Ill.)
Story: A girl's toes were crushed when the operator of the Cajun Cliffhanger raised floor of the ride before coming to a complete stop. The girl's foot was wedged between the floor and the wall.
Source: Chicago Tribune
23 people are stuck upside down in a loop on Demon for three hours
Date: April 18, 1998
Park: Six Flags Great America (Ill.)
Story: Twenty-three people were stuck upside on the Demon coaster for nearly three hours after one of the trains unexpectedly stopped moving during a vertical loop. Investigators ruled that a guide wheel running along the inside of the track separated from the axle of the last car, triggering a safety mechanism that kept the train from derailing. Several people were taken to the hospital after firefighters picked them up using cherry pickers.
Source: Chicago Tribune
Grandmother dies after Joker's Jukebox ride starts while she is strapping in her grandson
Date: July 10, 2003
Park: Six Flags New Orleans
Story: A grandmother was helping her four-year-old grandson get strapped into the Joker's Jukebox ride when the ride suddenly started and she was struck in the head by the ride car as it went by.
Source: Free Republic
Employee killed after crossing ride tracks in front of oncoming Revolution roller coaster
Date: May 30, 1996
Park: Six Flags Magic Mountain (Calif.)
Story: An employee tried to cross the tracks as the Revolution roller coaster was pulling into the loading area. She slipped on her way across, fell into a four-foot pit under the tracks, and was killed instantly when the roller coaster train struck her at 4 miles per hour.
Source: L.A. Times
Man is struck and killed by Ninja roller coaster
Date: August 30, 2008
Park: Six Flags Magic Mountain (Calif.)
Story: A man was struck by the roller coaster after entering a "restricted area" to retrieve his hat.
Source: The Coaster Blog