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Deadly ride malfunction at Ohio State Fair
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:14 pm
I know that fair and carnival rides can be sketchy, but this is the biggest fair in the state and obviously goes through an inspection. Today was the first day of the fair. If it was just one person, I could see an operator error, but with multiple people it had to be an issue with the rise itself. Just a terrible and terrifying event.
One dead, seven injured after reported ride malfunction at Ohio State Fair
Video of accident
One dead, seven injured after reported ride malfunction at Ohio State Fair
quote:Here is video of the accident. It doesn't show the impact, but it shows them launched from the ride.
Columbus Division of Fire says one person is dead and five critically injured after a ride malfunctioned at the Ohio State Fair.
Video of accident
This post was edited on 7/26/17 at 8:16 pm
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Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:15 pm to buckeye_vol
holy frick
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:15 pm to buckeye_vol
Is it just me, or have people been dieing on roller-coasters a lot lately?
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:16 pm to buckeye_vol
Holy frick. Never trust carnies
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:16 pm to Breesus
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Is it just me, or have people been dieing on roller-coasters a lot lately?
The only other one I can remember was a coaster stuck upside down and person for loose and fell. I don't recall anything is this magnitude though.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:17 pm to Breesus
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dieing
You're better than that
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:17 pm to Breesus
I would name my roller coasters in Roller Coaster Tycoon, 'Yo momma' and build them deadly..then it would say...'33 people died on Yo Momma.' I was like 13..I'm a mortician now.
This post was edited on 7/26/17 at 8:18 pm
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:18 pm to buckeye_vol
Kilt-O-Whirl
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:18 pm to buckeye_vol
Damn.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:18 pm to buckeye_vol
Superstructure Failure, broke welds or something. Rides are typically very safe.
ETA; Watching it over a few times it sounds like it hits something before it makes the up swing.
ETA; Watching it over a few times it sounds like it hits something before it makes the up swing.
This post was edited on 7/26/17 at 8:21 pm
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:19 pm to buckeye_vol
Methed out carnies are to blame
I'm actually surprised this doesn't happen more often
Still a sad situation
I'm actually surprised this doesn't happen more often
Still a sad situation
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:20 pm to buckeye_vol
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Video of accident
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:21 pm to TheArrogantCorndog
One reported dead, 6 wounded.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:22 pm to buckeye_vol
Holy shite
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:22 pm to buckeye_vol
Holy smokes thats awful. The lawsuit coming is enormous.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:26 pm to TheArrogantCorndog
I operate a bunch of differant kind of rides at the county and state fare and ain't never had this kind of bad thing happen. Most of us are very professional and good at our job and don't do drugs. Maybe you can learn to respect us a little more and stop running your mouth.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:28 pm to buckeye_vol
I don't understand how those kinds of rides are allowed at fairs. Seems way too dangerous.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:29 pm to buckeye_vol
I knew I shouldn't have watched that. Not the graphic aspect of it, but I'm probably going to stick to corn dogs and turkey legs this year at the fair
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:31 pm to tiggerthetooth
quote:And this is one of the situations where lawsuits are valid and understandable, if not necessary.
Holy smokes thats awful. The lawsuit coming is enormous.
I just wonder what the inspection revealed. If this happened well after the fair started, then I would imagine the inspection wouldn't have caught an issue. But on the first day, it makes me wonder if it wasn't as thorough as required or even done at all.
Posted on 7/26/17 at 8:32 pm to DavidTheGnome
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Holy frick. Never trust carnies
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