verticalzero Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Another accident from www.rideaccidents.com At Powerland Park in Ala-Härmä, Finland, a 24-year-old ride operator walked into the path of a giant swinging pendulum ride and was struck by the ride's spinning gondola. She was killed instantly. Park officials say that the woman was attempting to retrieve shoes that a passenger had left on the platform. One rider suffered minor injuries in the accident. ------------------------------------------------------------ Why do people do it when they know the ride swings fast and there is no way they can cross the concrete before the swing heads earthwards again
stormrider Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 This is common? Well, you'd think this particular person would know not to do that. She probably thought it would be as easy as J walking.
IceDragon Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 WHAT THE HELL????? It swings, it's fast and it'll more than likely hurt when it starts, so why do it at full swing???? I'm not sorry for the person who got killed, I'm sorry for the people who she landed on and who had to watch her die... It's disgraceful!
viking86 Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 This is kinda freaky, considering that I rode that ride less than a week ago. I feel very sorry for everyone who had to experience the accident, and for her family whos left behind.
lil jimmy norton Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 It always horrible to find read about people getting killed, but what was wrong with this girl. She worked at the park, she should have realized that trying to get the shoe at that point in time was not the best idea. Still a horrible thing.
Neogreeneyez Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Wow... That sucks! Did it say anything about how she got stuck? I hope she didn't try to go back for a shoe she dropped while running to get out of the way. That would be awful.
Ccron10 Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 I'm sorry, that's just stupid! The person should've known better than to do this. Don't these ride operators get trained on what to do and what not to do?
mike541x Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 I'm sorry, that's just stupid! The person should've known better than to do this. Don't these ride operators get trained on what to do and what not to do?Agreed.
Disney Dood Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 I think we should have a "Theme Park Accident Thread" rather than starting a new one each time there's an accident.
coastrfreak2000 Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 But the shoe is okay?!?! LOL Honestly, how dumb can you be? I'm pretty sure that the platform lowers so that it's out of the way of the riders, so the shoes shouldn't have been able to cause harm to anyne. I don't know why you would go out mid-cycle to retrieve them.
Airtime&Gravity Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 A prime candidate for a Darwin Award. Just what I was thinking. While it is sad, how stupid can you be?! Seriously, what made the person think it was a good idea to cross the station while the ride was in motion? This is something I'd expect in America , and hearing an accident with this much stupidity in another country(let alone Finland) is kind of strange.
christianscoasters Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Just a question. Do any of you know if she was the only ride op for the ride? cause if she wasn't, who stopped the ride? Cause I would think something was wrong if a ride never stopped.
viking86 Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 When I was there last thursday, it was only one ride-op running the ride. But I feel pretty sure that they have an automatic ride cycle so that all the ride-op has to do is to press the start button.
viking86 Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 ^ One rider suffered minor injuries in the accident.
ECZenith Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 Oh man, that sucks, I don't understand why ops/guests feel their possessions are worth risking their lives...
bovinejumpsuit Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 A prime candidate for a Darwin Award. Just what I was thinking. While it is sad, how stupid can you be?! Seriously, what made the person think it was a good idea to cross the station while the ride was in motion? This is something I'd expect in America , and hearing an accident with this much stupidity in another country(let alone Finland) is kind of strange. thirded. I hope they were humming the Indiana Jones theme whilst trying to retrieve the shoe
Freakdaddy Posted July 15, 2007 Posted July 15, 2007 I think it is very sad. I feel bad for her and her family.
ginzo Posted July 15, 2007 Posted July 15, 2007 This is sad. Although it seems elementary to the people here, I wonder how well the dangers of rides are illustrated in the training of operators. Maybe they should go old school driver's ed style, and show lots of gruesome pictures of what happens when people jump in front of moving rides. Showing the grim reality of these accidents is always going to be more convincing than just being told "fatal accidents may occur". Most ride operators are younger, and don't have the best concept of death just yet. Recent neuroscience research indicates that the part of the brain that evaluates risk assessment isn't fully formed until about age 25.
bovinejumpsuit Posted July 15, 2007 Posted July 15, 2007 It is sad but how hard is it to realise that if you are in the way of the big heavy fast spinny thing you may get hurt. Sorry if it's a little blunt but it's the truth.
Thrillrider15 Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 I was at Valleyfair today, and while waiting in line for Xtreme Swing, I was wondering what it would be like to get hit by one of the swings. Now I know. Sad.
ghost007jas Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 I have a feeling there is more to this story than meets the eye. I'm pretty sure the lady knew that it was dangerous to go to get the shoe... I just can not figure out why she would do it... My thoughts and prayers are with her family.
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