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Ride/Park Accidents

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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.

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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...
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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​

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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.
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pluk said:
Europa Park - worker seriously injured working on Poseidon.



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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.
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Well done to the employee's colleague for hitting the emergency stop button straight away!
 
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 ?
 
In yet even more unsurprising news, a Jump & Smile style ride has broken an arm and injured people. Again.

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

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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...
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Just to correct you, that's a regular frog-hopper-style ride and not a Smashing Jump. Quite different types they are.
 
EDITED: This link to the video didn't work.

This is worth a watch blind just to try and guess what will happen, I flipping didn't! (No deaths or gore etc.)


From: https://youtu.be/cQ-cijGwOpA


Chairlift Collapses at a Resort and Leaves at Least 8 Hurt, Including 1 Person Who Sustained a Spinal Cord Injury

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"TASS reported that emergency services identified the wear and tear of cables as the preliminary cause of the chairlift collapse. They added to the outlet, however, that "during the investigation, all other versions will be considered.""

I'm no expert but that looked like nothing to do with cable wear and tear...
 
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Death reported on Stardust Racers last night.

Eyewitnesses on Reddit suggesting it was a medial episode that somehow ended up with the victim covered in blood.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UniversalEpicUniverse/s/SG57m0ZMkq (NSFW descriptions of incident)

Epic Universe guest becomes unresponsive, dies after riding Stardust Racers: Universal | FOX 35 Orlando

Universal confirmed to FOX 35 News late Wednesday night that a guest at Epic Universe died after becoming unresponsive after riding one of its roller coasters.
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Universal is cooperating with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office following a tragic event involving a guest at Epic Universe on Wednesday night. The guest became unresponsive after riding Stardust Racers and was transported to the hospital, where the guest later died. We are devastated by this event and extend our sincerest sympathies to the guest's loved ones. We are fully committed to cooperating with this ongoing investigation. The attraction remains closed.
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I selfishly hope that it was just a tragic accident/medical episode but I assume it’s going to be closed for a little while now
 
I was in the queue right by the offload area when the train came back into the station. The person who had passed away was slumped forward against their restraint, their face resting on the bar in front. Their friend beside them was holding onto the back of their shirt, screaming and shouting. It was distressing to witness

Universal’s response was very poor. None of the ride staff stepped in and just left them there. I appreciate the litigious culture over here and they wouldn’t want to do something wrong if not medically trained but they could have at least entered the off load to support the distressed friend but they just stood on the side waiting for medical to come. A guest eventually entered to help. It took around five minutes before they even began evacuating the queue line
 
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My god that's awful and RIP to that person. That's incredibly sad.

Not a great look for Universal either by sounds of things. It's been a very problematic start to this park as it is, so this is the last thing they needed.

I'd imagine the coaster will be down for quite a while now too which again will cause them all kinds of operational issues with the other rides but I guess that's trivial compared to somebody losing their life.

:(
 
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My god that's awful and RIP to that person. That's incredibly sad.

Not a great look for Universal either by sounds of things. It's been a very problematic start to this park as it is, so this is the last thing they needed.

I'd imagine the coaster will be down for quite a while now too which again will cause them all kinds of operational issues with the other rides but I guess that's trivial compared to somebody losing their life.

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I have no doubt people will inevitably question the safety of waist restraints vs over-the-shoulder ones because of this. Despite them being just as safe and secure
 
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