Ride/Park Accidents

[Craig]

Just a quick reminder to everyone posting ride incidents and linking to external sites/embedding information. Not everyone is able to read external links, especially if they come from the social media website side of things.

This is a discussion forum, so please summarise the main points of the article in your own words - even better if you could add your own views and opinions too! It makes the topics much easier to read and participate in, rather than just having a collection of links for people to click. Thanks

 

[pluk]

Canada- worker dies having been hit by a zipper ride while ride was operating with guests on.

'Like a bad movie': Carnival worker dies after being hit by ride in Prince Rupert, B.C., witnesses say | CBC News https://share.google/TojyLtkBfLkGdEUWV

 

[IDB]

Luckily didn’t end in injury.


From: https://x.com/fearedbuck/status/1962180355403735230

 

[Jb85]

Luckily didn’t end in injury.


From: https://x.com/fearedbuck/status/1962180355403735230

How…… why!
Thanks goodness this didn’t result in any injuries

 

[pluk]

Lisbon - 15 dead and a further 18 hospitalised as funicular railway derails and hits building. Devastating incident.

At least 15 dead after Lisbon Gloria funicular derails and hits building - live updates

Another 18 were injured when the Gloria cable railway derailed and crashed, emergency services said.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bowser]

In France, a rapids ride allegedly capsized, with the riders underwater for 30-40 seconds until bystanders righted it! Amazingly emergency services were not called and the ride has since reopened.

Pretparkbezoekers ontsnappen aan verdrinkingsdood: boot van wildwaterbaan slaat om

In een Frans pretpark is een boot van een wildwaterbaan omgeslagen. Vier mensen konden ternauwernood ontsnappen aan de verdrinkingsdood. Het incident...

www.looopings.nl

 

[pluk]

Europa Park - worker seriously injured working on Poseidon.

According to the police, the man had been working on a platform around 20 meters high when the ride suddenly started moving.

One of the worker's safety belts was caught by a carriage. The man was briefly pulled along and thrown against the carriage. A colleague, who witnessed the incident at close range, immediately activated the emergency stop switch and was thus able to prevent anything worse from happening.

Train was closed to visitors​

Serious accident at Europa-Park - police reveal new details

A 31-year-old employee was seriously injured during maintenance work on the "Poseidon" water coaster at Europa-Park Rust. According to the police, he had probably started the ride too early and was thrown against a carriage. A colleague prevented worse.

www.bluewin.ch

 

[Skyscraper]

Europa Park - worker seriously injured working on Poseidon.

Serious accident at Europa-Park - police reveal new details

A 31-year-old employee was seriously injured during maintenance work on the "Poseidon" water coaster at Europa-Park Rust. According to the police, he had probably started the ride too early and was thrown against a carriage. A colleague prevented worse.

www.bluewin.ch

Well done to the employee's colleague for hitting the emergency stop button straight away!

 

[Alsty]

Suggests poor lock out procedures to me. Stuff like this just shouldn't happen.

 

[Poisson]

Suggests poor lock out procedures to me. Stuff like this just shouldn't happen.

And if the boat must be in situ when these works are happening, I'm surprised it wasn't chocked or similar.

 

[Rob F]

The staff member was harnessed to one of the MCBR’s I believe as it was 20ft high, it may have been a planned running test inspection of the brakes we simply do not have all the facts to denounce that poor lock out procedure etc was at fault.

Looping article

It almost reads as if he hit jog forwards on the MCBR controls, but the harness attachment was caught on a boat ?

 

[Poisson]

In yet even more unsurprising news, a Jump & Smile style ride has broken an arm and injured people. Again.

Amusement Ride Accidents

3 boys ejected from ride when support arm breaks [September 14, 2025] Three boys have been ejected from a fair ride when the arm carrying their passenger cart broke off. The incident occurred on...

www.facebook.com

 

[Leigh]

I’ve never heard of Cortez before, but if they’re producing knockoff Safeco’s since they went bankrupt then I’m really not surprised.

Ban them already,

 

[Skyscraper]

In yet even more unsurprising news, a Smashing Jump style ride has broken an arm and injured people. Again.

Amusement Ride Accidents

3 boys ejected from ride when support arm breaks [September 14, 2025] Three boys have been ejected from a fair ride when the arm carrying their passenger cart broke off. The incident occurred on...

www.facebook.com

Just to correct you, that's a regular frog-hopper-style ride and not a Smashing Jump. Quite different types they are.

 

[Poisson]

Just to correct you, that's a regular frog-hopper-style ride and not a Smashing Jump. Quite different types they are.

Jump & Smile, with the Smashing Jump being the inverted free spinning ones. I always mix them up.