US Politics | Tragic deaths at US theme parks from eight teens burned in haunted house to kid’s beheading at waterpark
THEME parks have witnessed some tragic accidents through the years, from eight teens killed in a haunted house to a child beheaded on a water slide. While some of the notorious incidents date back to the 1960s, a more recent tragedy struck earlier this year at a park in Orlando, Florida. 
MYK STREJA / WIKIPEDIAEight teenagers died inside the haunted house at Six Flags: Great Adventure in 1984 '/ ' 
Social Media - refer to Republican lawmaker Scott Schwab's son, Caleb, was killed on the Verruckt waterslide, which was formerly listed as the world's tallest water slide '/ ' While there are only about 4.5 amusement park ride-related deaths per year according to BMW Law Group, some accidents have become infamous. Disneyland: 1967 It may come as a shock, but multiple fatalities have occurred as a result of Disney's famous PeopleMover ride. The first came in 1967 when the ride had only been open for about a month at the California theme park. A 16-year-old jumped between cars and fell onto the tracks, where he was struck by another train. READ MORE ON THEME PARKS 
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HORROR SMASH Seven people rushed to hospital as train derails at theme park Years later, in 1980, another teenager did nearly the exact same thing and met the same fate. Action Park: 1980s A string of accidents at the New Jersey park in the 1980s made it known as the world's most dangerous theme park. The streak of deadly incidents began in 1980, when an employee's sled derailed while riding the Alpine Slide, throwing them off the tracks. The 19-year old employee's death is detailed by the website rideaccidents.com. Most read in The US Sun SICKLY VLAD Sickly Putin's hands seen 'turning black' as tyrant 'has Parkinson's' & cancer WOAH, DADDY! Teen Mom fans go wild after spotting Tyler's bulge again in skintight bodysuit TODAY'S MISHAP Today host Al suffers live TV blunder & said producer was waiting for fumble MAD AT MACI Teen Mom fans 'sick & tired' of Maci Bookout's 'unfair' treatment of her kids QUICK CHANGE People say I go from 5 to 10 when I take off my work clothes WOAH, WHOOPI! GMA fans shocked after The View's Whoopi Goldberg joins morning show "The victim … was thrown from the car down an embankment. He sustained a fatal head injury when his head struck a rock," the site said. The park's Tarzan Swing catapulted helpless attendees into water so cold that it could induce shock, and triggered a lethal heart attack in 1984. Another ride, Roaring Rapids, took a man's life after he stepped out of his kayak and stood on a live wire. The ride had previously caused a number of bruises, broken bones, and other injuries. Visitors struggled to escape the eight-foot-deep Tidal Pool, also known as the Grave Pool, and three teenagers drowned. Holding up to 1,000 people at a time and sporting meter-high waves, around 30 people needed to be rescued from it daily. Six Flags Great Adventure: May 11, 1984 Park guests were walking through The Haunted Castle at Six Flags Great Adventure when a fire broke out in 1984. The fire in the maze-like attraction initially trapped 29 guests and employees. The entire structure went up in flames when a foam pad caught alight, burning for more than an hour. The attraction had no smoke detectors and no sprinkler system, and did not have many exit lights, complicating the dire situation, Yahoo reported. The accident at the New Jersey theme park claimed the lives of eight teenagers and injured at least seven others. The blaze left victims' charred bodies so badly burned that initially they were believed to be mannequins when found by firefighters sifting through the wreckage. The accident remains known as one of the worst theme park disasters. Kings Island: June 9, 1991 Two separate incidents at Kings Island in Ohio claimed three lives on June 9, 1991. The infamous day hit the headlines across the local press and became known as "Black Sunday.... First, a park guest \- Timothy Benning \- approached a fountain where he intended to splash a friend he was with. But when he touched the water in the fountain, he was electrocuted. There was a live wire just under the water's surface that also electrocuted two people who rushed to help Benning: his friend, William Haithcoat, and park employee Darrell Robertson. The accident ultimately claimed the lives of Haithcoat and Robertson, while Benning survived with serious injuries. About an hour after the electrocution incident, Candy Taylor was riding the Flight Commander, a ride that lifts passengers from the ground in pods that spin, when she slipped out of her harness. Taylor fell 70 feet to the ground below and died of her injuries. Schlitterbahn: August 7, 2016 Republican lawmaker Scott Schwab's son Caleb died on the Verruckt attraction at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City in August 2016. The 168ft-high Verruckt, which means ...insane... in German, was certified as the world's tallest water slide by Guinness World Records. Caleb was killed when his raft became airborne over the slide's 50-foot hump and collided with a metal bar supporting a safety net above. Two woman with whom he was riding suffered minor injuries. Orlando's ICON Park: March 24, 2022 Tyre Sampson, 14, visited the amusement park to ride The Orlando FreeFall \- an attraction that lifts passengers more than 400 feet in the air before dropping them. The FreeFall was billed as the world's tallest drop ride. But tragedy struck when Sampson slipped out of his harness and seat and fell to the ground. The horror accident was captured on video. Read More on The US Sun 
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GONE TOO SOON Kylie Jenner reacts to 'heartbreaking' loss of friend in new post It was later revealed that Sampson exceeded the ride's weight limit and may not have been properly strapped into the harness and seat. It has since been announced that the ride will be torn down. 
David StricklandCaleb Thomas Schwab was only 10 years old at the time of his death '/ ' 
SplashTyre Sampson, 14, slipped out of his harness and seat while riding The Orlando Freefall at Icon Park this year '/ '
MYK STREJA / WIKIPEDIAEight teenagers died inside the haunted house at Six Flags: Great Adventure in 1984 '/ ' Social Media - refer to Republican lawmaker Scott Schwab's son, Caleb, was killed on the Verruckt waterslide, which was formerly listed as the world's tallest water slide '/ ' While there are only about 4.5 amusement park ride-related deaths per year according to BMW Law Group, some accidents have become infamous. Disneyland: 1967 It may come as a shock, but multiple fatalities have occurred as a result of Disney's famous PeopleMover ride. The first came in 1967 when the ride had only been open for about a month at the California theme park. A 16-year-old jumped between cars and fell onto the tracks, where he was struck by another train. READ MORE ON THEME PARKS SICKY MOUSE Disneyland guests are shut in park to stop Covid spread but rides are kept OPEN HORROR SMASH Seven people rushed to hospital as train derails at theme park Years later, in 1980, another teenager did nearly the exact same thing and met the same fate. Action Park: 1980s A string of accidents at the New Jersey park in the 1980s made it known as the world's most dangerous theme park. The streak of deadly incidents began in 1980, when an employee's sled derailed while riding the Alpine Slide, throwing them off the tracks. The 19-year old employee's death is detailed by the website rideaccidents.com. Most read in The US Sun SICKLY VLAD Sickly Putin's hands seen 'turning black' as tyrant 'has Parkinson's' & cancer WOAH, DADDY! Teen Mom fans go wild after spotting Tyler's bulge again in skintight bodysuit TODAY'S MISHAP Today host Al suffers live TV blunder & said producer was waiting for fumble MAD AT MACI Teen Mom fans 'sick & tired' of Maci Bookout's 'unfair' treatment of her kids QUICK CHANGE People say I go from 5 to 10 when I take off my work clothes WOAH, WHOOPI! GMA fans shocked after The View's Whoopi Goldberg joins morning show "The victim … was thrown from the car down an embankment. He sustained a fatal head injury when his head struck a rock," the site said. The park's Tarzan Swing catapulted helpless attendees into water so cold that it could induce shock, and triggered a lethal heart attack in 1984. Another ride, Roaring Rapids, took a man's life after he stepped out of his kayak and stood on a live wire. The ride had previously caused a number of bruises, broken bones, and other injuries. Visitors struggled to escape the eight-foot-deep Tidal Pool, also known as the Grave Pool, and three teenagers drowned. Holding up to 1,000 people at a time and sporting meter-high waves, around 30 people needed to be rescued from it daily. Six Flags Great Adventure: May 11, 1984 Park guests were walking through The Haunted Castle at Six Flags Great Adventure when a fire broke out in 1984. The fire in the maze-like attraction initially trapped 29 guests and employees. The entire structure went up in flames when a foam pad caught alight, burning for more than an hour. The attraction had no smoke detectors and no sprinkler system, and did not have many exit lights, complicating the dire situation, Yahoo reported. The accident at the New Jersey theme park claimed the lives of eight teenagers and injured at least seven others. The blaze left victims' charred bodies so badly burned that initially they were believed to be mannequins when found by firefighters sifting through the wreckage. The accident remains known as one of the worst theme park disasters. Kings Island: June 9, 1991 Two separate incidents at Kings Island in Ohio claimed three lives on June 9, 1991. The infamous day hit the headlines across the local press and became known as "Black Sunday.... First, a park guest \- Timothy Benning \- approached a fountain where he intended to splash a friend he was with. But when he touched the water in the fountain, he was electrocuted. There was a live wire just under the water's surface that also electrocuted two people who rushed to help Benning: his friend, William Haithcoat, and park employee Darrell Robertson. The accident ultimately claimed the lives of Haithcoat and Robertson, while Benning survived with serious injuries. About an hour after the electrocution incident, Candy Taylor was riding the Flight Commander, a ride that lifts passengers from the ground in pods that spin, when she slipped out of her harness. Taylor fell 70 feet to the ground below and died of her injuries. Schlitterbahn: August 7, 2016 Republican lawmaker Scott Schwab's son Caleb died on the Verruckt attraction at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City in August 2016. The 168ft-high Verruckt, which means ...insane... in German, was certified as the world's tallest water slide by Guinness World Records. Caleb was killed when his raft became airborne over the slide's 50-foot hump and collided with a metal bar supporting a safety net above. Two woman with whom he was riding suffered minor injuries. Orlando's ICON Park: March 24, 2022 Tyre Sampson, 14, visited the amusement park to ride The Orlando FreeFall \- an attraction that lifts passengers more than 400 feet in the air before dropping them. The FreeFall was billed as the world's tallest drop ride. But tragedy struck when Sampson slipped out of his harness and seat and fell to the ground. The horror accident was captured on video. Read More on The US Sun KNIFE HORROR Handyman who stabbed estranged lover 55 times & hid body in bag pleads guilty GONE TOO SOON Kylie Jenner reacts to 'heartbreaking' loss of friend in new post It was later revealed that Sampson exceeded the ride's weight limit and may not have been properly strapped into the harness and seat. It has since been announced that the ride will be torn down. David StricklandCaleb Thomas Schwab was only 10 years old at the time of his death '/ ' SplashTyre Sampson, 14, slipped out of his harness and seat while riding The Orlando Freefall at Icon Park this year '/ '
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