Oldiesmann Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/police-14-year-girl-dies-denmark-amusement-park-86812505 Quote A 14-year-old girl died Thursday at a popular amusement park in northern Denmark, police said, reportedly when the rear part of a roller-coaster ride came off the rails. A 13 year-old boy suffered injuries to one hand, police said. Henrik Ragborg Olsen, manager of the Tivoli Friheden amusement park in Aarhus, Denmark's second-largest city, told local newspaper Aarhus Stiftstidende that “the rear two seats” of the Cobraen roller-coaster were hanging "under the wagon train.” The article says the coaster is 82 feet tall and has a top speed of 44mph. RCDB on the other hand says it's about 69 feet tall with a top speed of about 40mph: https://rcdb.com/4021.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenban Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 There is a picture of the train with the last car hanging in some news articles. It appears that one of the two wheel assemblies has completely separated from the train. This is not the first time this coaster has derailed. The first time was soon after it opened and it was found that the manufacturer used low quality bolts. At that time someone had to have a leg amputated, this is the first death as far as I know. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 The park has now decided to close the ride for good: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/danish-amusement-park-scraps-ride-girl-killed-86879114 RCDB says this was the only one of this particular model. It'll be interesting to see if the company faces a lawsuit over this at all 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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