Girl's legs severed on Six Flags' Tower of Power

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – A teenage girl’s legs were severed above the ankle while on a thrill ride at a popular amusement park on Thursday, park officials said.
The accident happened around 4:45 p.m. on the Superman Tower of Power at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, said Six Flags spokeswoman Wendy Goldberg.
It is unclear at what point during the ride the girl, 13, was injured, Goldberg said. She was taken to a hospital, but there was no immediate word on her condition.
The ride lifts passengers 177 feet straight up, then drops 154 feet, reaching a speed of 54 mph, according to the park’s Web site.
The ride has been shut down indefinitely while park officials investigate what caused the accident. The rest of the park remained open.
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What do you tell your 13 year old daughter? We’re rich? There’s not turning that sadness around

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I hate to hear shit like this. Hopefully all goes well.

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hell yah, I will not be attempting to go on the pitfall any time soon.

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The horrible part is they don’t know where her feet got cut off at–how long did she have to stay on the ride with no feet?? Scary. I hope everything turns out ok. :frowning:

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would not be fun to be up there missing a foot :(… hope shes alright

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yeah. ill be staying off that.

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Note to self: Don’t go on that ride.

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Yeah I saw this on the news, they shut down like 6 other rides (pitt fall being one, one in MD and one in VA at Kings Dominion don’t know where the rest are) that were just like that one, that were built by the same company, in order to fully inspect them all to make sure this won’t happen again.

They were showing the ppl in line for the pitt fall this morning…I think I’d skip that ride for now :ugh:

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Just heard that they think a cable snapped

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wow. hate to hear that. poor girl

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Dam ur as slow as ur car!

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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

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x2

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actually the lines would be short, perfect time to ride!

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your chances of gettin hit by a bus and killed are probably twice as likely to happen. freak accident… i’ll take my chances. thats a shame thou.

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Definitely sad to hear. A day meant for fun and enjoyment ends in horror and now a life will never be the same. Hope it works out the best it can.

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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.

An unidentified witness told CNN affiliate WLKY she saw a cable on the ride snap.

“The people on the ride just came and hit the ground,” she said. “When I got up there, the lady she was just sitting there, and she didn’t have no legs. … And she was just there, calm, probably in shock from everything.”

“That could have been all of us – riding that ride,” witness Whitney Sandfer 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.

From CNN’s site ouch

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imagine the force behind a cable that it would be able to slice right through both your legs.

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well that… sucks…

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Cutty had a point…I always thought like that when i ride a ride…I know in the back of my head some crazy ass shit can happen…but I always think the odds are sooooo low it doesnt matter…I think now or at least for the next few times i go to the park I will think a little more how crazy ass shit can happen.