Girl, 10, found unconscious after Six Flags Magic Mountain roller coaster ride.

 

http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_28306947/girl-10-found-unconscious-after-magic-mountain-roller

The amusement industry just can't catch a break this month.

The same kind of thing happened a few years ago when you had the Texas Giant incident and then the Shoot the Rapids incident happen mere moments afterwards.  Its like deja vu.     

 

Please, no more. 

There is a common superstition that bad things come in threes...

Wow, just wow.

 

What in the world is going on? 

 

If this stuff keeps happening, it may get hard to get people into any park.

 

This is all just so sad.

Threes?

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/06/14/2-injured-in-california-amusement-park-roller-coaster-accident/

At the end, children injured when Dragon Wagon coaster comes apart in Waterville, Maine.

Roller coasters and bounce houses are gaining a sort of shadowy reputation of late.

I'm not being a monster, but the temporarily passing out on looping roller coasters happens a lot- especially to small persons with low blood pressure.

I have to put some time between looping rides when I go, or I'll grey out, or pass out.

I passed out on the King Cobra once, and came too when it came to the sudden stop at the end.

(It freaks me out how well KI's restraints works, and I'm very glad they exist as they do.)

The newspapers are posting every unusual event that occurs after the Smiler accident to catch the wave of the news cycle.

Eat more fries, drink some liquids, put time in between rides to enjoy the ambience of the park, and these passing out events will be less likely.

Also, correlation does not equal causation. The child also passed out "after", presumably, a car ride to the park, eating something, using the restroom, etc. It could have been caused by an undiagnosed medical problem, heat stroke, low blood sugar, dehydration*, etc. Just because it happened after a ride (and the article is scant on facts about how long after, why she was "discovered" rather than having people with her at the time, etc) doesn't mean the primary cause was the ride.

*I have naturally low blood pressure. So, I often tend to grey out (my vision sparkles and/or goes entirely grey) when I encounter positive Gs. I can actually diagnose when I'm dehydrated and should drink something when I'm at the park because it becomes a lot worse. This doesn't mean the rides are unsafe or are the "cause" of the problem.

Exactly. My pass outs happen on those magical days when you can go from ride to ride with no wait. I push myself to catch the wave, then bonk! Bonk! On the head! I'm out cold.

I have a BIL that was a Colonel on the Air Force. He flew navigator to Robin Olds in Vietnam. He told me to "bear down" through the loop.

You can easily figure out what that means, and it does help. It keeps the blood in your skull.

That would be hard to do on Revolution, a stand-up coaster.

Hahahah!

The King Cobra was the worst for that reason.

I suspect the best one could do in that situations is to grimace.

That would be hard to do on Revolution, a stand-up coaster.

 

Revolution at Six Flags Magic Mountain, a stand-up coaster?  Methinks you have it confused with Riddler's Revenge..

Nope.

I've ridden it many, many times.

https://www.sixflags.com/magicmountain/attractions/thrill-rides

RCDB is, yet again, wrong.

EDIT: Okay, I'm wrong. Not confusing it with Riddler, though. No way, no how.

How many times have you ridden it, again?  

 

I kid, I kid.

 

I don't know what you're getting at Terpy, but those riders are clearly sitting down. 

After that restraint system, it's a wonder I remember anything!

They look like a concussion waiting to happen. Lol

Those were greatly modified.

The thing is now a VERY headbanging experience. It wasn't always thus.

I liked it better when it was the Whippersnapper. (With no over the shoulders, circa 1976)

Those were greatly modified.

The thing is now a VERY headbanging experience. It wasn't always thus.

Well, no wonder one would be out cold.

Just rename that coaster Luis Resto and be honest about it.

The young girl, age 10, has died:

http://ktla.com/2015/06/15/10-year-old-girl-dies-after-losing-consciousness-from-magic-mountain-roller-coaster/

That's sad so she died the following day?

Oh no!  Sad day indeed.

Of course my first thought was "how can this be so?!"

Possibly an unforeseen medical condition?

 

How awful!

Almost certainly a previously undiagnosed medical condition.

I'm amazed that the original article just said she was found "after a ride" passed out (which was very vague and suggested it could be anywhere in the park or any length of time between riding and being found) when in actuality she passed out on the ride and returned to the station unconscious. That fact is so sensational even without hyperbole that I'm a little proud they didn't play it up (unlike local news calling Diamondback evacuating low on the hill due to a properly functioning safety system a "break down").