'Emergency services have confirmed the child was conscious when they arrived at the scene and his condition is not believed to be life threatening. Two women were taken to a local hospital in serious condition. Her family sued the park, but her death was ruled a misadventure, rather than an unlawful killing, and no charges were brought against the ride's maintenance worker. They were ultimately rescued by two policemen, who climbed onto the rattled railing and pulled the pair to safety. someone just died recently here at six flags. If I were so inclined, I could easily stand up in the car or jump out. first they harrass the gang members, now they're killing regular people. The park, which had been open since 1972, reopened that year, but closed a few months later due to dwindled customer patronage. 'The attendant there told us the belts were optional, so we didn't have to put them around us if we didn't want to. It was convicted of failing to ensure safe design and construction, and failing to give information necessary to ensure the ride was safe when open to the public.
A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: 'Police were called to reports of a medical incident involving a child at Lightwater Valley theme park near Ripon at 11.30am. 'I was however very proud of my boy for helping the paramedic guide the air ambulance where to land and his patience whilst I was with the boy for over an hour.'. The Treetop Twister at New Yorkshire's Lightwater Valley theme park was a brand new addition that the park proudly billed as a "hair-raising cross between a roller coaster and a waltzer."
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The park's website states that passengers must be more than 1.5m (4ft 11in) to ride Twister unaccompanied, and more than 1.2m (3ft 11in) if they are with an adult. Park managers touted the ride's safety design after the incident, saying "we have a locked shoulder brace, a knee harness, and a third safety belt that's also locked on top of it, so from a theoretical standpoint that shouldn't have occurred."
A police officer who visited Lightwater Valley theme park yesterday said his 10-year-old son was 'given the option' of whether to put a safety belt on when riding the Twister rollercoaster… Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368 . The fatal accident occurred on the Quimera roller coaster shortly after 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, at the La Feria Chapultepec Magico amusement park in the capital of Mexico, according to media reports. A preliminary investigation by Mexican authorities indicated a mechanical failure caused the accident, which is being treated as a case of negligent homicide, according to CBS News. The coaster was immediately dismantled, and the entire fair eventually closed altogether.