ChiefsPlanet Mobile
Page 12 of 12
« First < 289101112
Hall of Classics>Girl defeeted by Six Flags ride
Sam Hall 09:00 PM 06-21-2007
Girl's feet severed on ride at Six Flags in Kentucky
POSTED: 10:36 p.m. EDT, June 21, 2007

(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.

"That could have been all of us -- riding that ride," Whitney Sandfer, who witnessed the accident, 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.
[Reply]
pr_capone 02:18 AM 05-02-2008
I bet after this accident she did a lot of sole searching...

/ba-dum-tish
[Reply]
Baby Lee 11:39 AM 05-03-2008
Looks like fate put a bunch of impediments in this girl's way.
[Reply]
Sam Hall 10:07 PM 06-16-2008
Must've been a sole-shaking experience.
[Reply]
Sam Hall 03:53 PM 11-04-2008
I wonder what became of this girl
[Reply]
Sam Hall 09:19 PM 10-16-2009
Return to Six Flags?
Attached: whales.jpg (52.7 KB) 
[Reply]
Pink Paradise 2010 11:53 AM 11-01-2009
damn that would suck
[Reply]
-King- 12:59 AM 07-15-2010
Looks like someone overstepped their bounds.



Bump
[Reply]
jayhawkphog 12:40 AM 12-19-2010
Totaly!
[Reply]
headsnap 09:05 PM 01-04-2011
Originally Posted by Sam Hall:
I wonder what became of this girl
she is on solid footing but unfortunately the same thing can't be said for Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom...


they went bankrupt!
[Reply]
DJJasonp 11:58 AM 01-08-2011
Originally Posted by Sam Hall:
I wonder what became of this girl
In a cruel twist of irony, she got a job as an ottoman for a man with size 16 feet.
[Reply]
RockChalk 01:40 PM 03-28-2011
The latest update to this story that I could find. We need some of the sleuths of CP to find out what is going on with Kaitlyn Lassiter today. I'd rather not see her become just another footnote in amusement park accidents.

http://news.injuryboard.com/six-flag...oogleid=252148
[Reply]
Otter 11:18 AM 03-29-2011
Originally Posted by RockChalk:
The latest update to this story that I could find. We need some of the sleuths of CP to find out what is going on with Kaitlyn Lassiter today. I'd rather not see her become just another footnote in amusement park accidents.

http://news.injuryboard.com/six-flag...oogleid=252148
A search for more information left me stumped.
[Reply]
durtyrute 12:39 PM 04-01-2011
I know this isn't funny, but when I saw the title I thought it meant deFEATed, like she go the best of her, but it was actually deFEETed.......wow
[Reply]
Thig Lyfe 01:06 PM 04-11-2012
Originally Posted by durtyrute:
I know this isn't funny, but when I saw the title I thought it meant deFEATed, like she go the best of her, but it was actually deFEETed.......wow
You wood think that.

Whoops, wrong thread.
[Reply]
MarkDavis'Haircut 08:31 PM 04-13-2022
This thread was morbidly hilarious.
[Reply]
Page 12 of 12
« First < 289101112
Up