Florida girl falls from amusement park ride
A 12 year old girl on vacation with her family in Wisconsin suffered serious injuries when she fell off an amusement park ride. The girl fell approximately 100 feet from the "Terminal Velocity" ride and landed on the ground below. According to police, the ride operators failed to have a safety net.
The girls' doctors say she should survive, but may suffer from paralysis. The ride's operator was charged with felony reckless injury.
Amusement park accidents are ofter serious because of the nature of the rides, which are frequently fast-moving or high off the ground. Although the rides are supposed to be inspected, it is not uncommon for there to be structural defects in the rides such as metal fatigue. Often, accidents results from something as simple as the failure by the ride operator to provide the proper safety restraints or other devices such as a safety net. The public's safety should not be placed in the hands of amusement park operators. State and local authorities need to be more vigilant in their inspection practices. Had this occurred in this unfortunate incident, something as obvious as the lack of a safety net would have been discovered.
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