Girls Feet Severed on Thrill Ride at Louisville Six Flags
Needless to say, this season hasn’t been without its share of amusement park accidents. This most recent incident is by far the most gruesome. On Thursday, a 13-year old girl had her feet severed while riding Superman Power of Tower at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville.
The Power of Tower is a drop ride that stands 177 feet tall with a 157 foot free fall that reaches speeds of 54 miles per hour. (Pictured right) The ride was formerly known as Hellevator. Allegedly, during the drop a cable severed the girl’s legs at the ankles.
“When I got up there, the lady was just sitting there and she didn’t have no legs,” Smith said. “She didn’t have no legs at all. She was just calm, probably in shock from everything.”
Read the rest of this sad story here.
Also, more at the WashingtonPost.
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25 responses to “Girls Feet Cut Off @ Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom”
six flag owners should be ashamed of themselves. this poor girl is mutilated and the park stays open. I guess they could not afford to show some respect. our best to the victem and her family, we will pray for you!
I agree, they should have shut down out of respect, but that's a theme park for you. I had a relative killed as a worker at a theme park and they didn't even shut it down for him. Thoughts and prayers go out to the girl's family. There are others out here who share in your pain.
I don't think they should shut down. What would that accomplish unless it was a safety issue? It is however a very sad day. The important thing now is that the girl gets top notch medical care and attention which I do believe is Six Flags responsibility.
I agree. Shutting down the entire park wouldn't help. I really don't see Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom staying open as disrespectful. It's not like they continued running the Hellevator/Tower of Power. Like Tanning Lotion said, the most important thing was getting the girl some much needed medical attention.
Why ruin the day for everybody else who paid good money and had invested their time to visit the park. If that is the rational, maybe when there is an airplane crash, they should suspend flights at the airport. It does not show lack of respect, I think the show goes on.
I took the girl's feet and made a mean beef stew out of it. Would you like to try some?
They should shut down the park because the girl lost her feet. & ya they did shut down the superman ride but it could happen again on another ride because they were careless!someone could be killed because of them. They should shut down the park for respect, too. THE GIRL LOST HER FEET! Honey, I'm praying for you!
okay, so shutting down the park isnt going to solve anything, yeah it was horrible about her feet, but come on, i dont understand how that is distrespectful in any way..but i do agree they should have closed the park for the rest of the day. because im sure that shook up some poeple, i mean if i was there and saw that..i would never want to go on a ride ever again, dont you agree?
man i work at six flags saint louis and they shut the ride down here out too. but it was only for two weeks. anyway i wanna say that six flags should be ashamed of their self. and most of my supervisors and managrs down here full of shit anyway….talkin bout her legs dont have shit to do with six flags. but dont worry…theyll have theirs cummin to they ass real soon
I WON'T EVER BE RIDING ON ANY DROP RIDES NOW NOT INCLUDING ROLLER COASTERS ESPECIALLY NOT ANY THAT DROP OVER 250 FEET IF THAT EVER HAPPENS I'D RATHER RIDE AN ELEVATOR INTO SPACE FOR SURE AS LONG AS A PARACHUTE IS GIVIN TO ME!!!!!!!!!
That is just horrible. Hope it doesn't happen again..
Thats scary and to think I ride rides like these and this could happen to anybody wow…really scary…POOR girl that musta scared her so bad knowing she just lost both her legs
well i think this girl should have used her common sense mabye they shouldnt let retards on the ride cause i heard the girl was retarded and unbuckled while the ride was still going!
how does a cable cut off some1's feet???? did it get tangled around her feet or just fly out and cut them off? eww what a scary thought i love drop rides i just hope theyr safe
Six Flags is going down hill. Some man got decapatatted there. I'm tired of their crap. They just need to be torn down and rebuilt by another, safer, more affordable, company!
That wasn't Six Flags' fault. The man was trespassing when he was decapitated at Six Flags Over Georgia.
These rides are completly safe. The man that got decapitated trespassed over 2 SIX FOOT FENSES WITH SIGNS THAT SAY NOT TO and this girl probally did something stupid too. My point: ALMOST NO ONES EVER GOTTEN HURT ON A RIDE UNLESS THEY MESSED AROUND WITH SOMETHING.
good point tom, only idiots do that stuff
I once read a book about coasters, it was divided into categories such as: Types of Thrillers, a breif history, record breakers, ect., one of the categories was called: "Why you don`t die", in it there was some info. on why coasters are safe and one paragragh labled: The Biggest danger of all. it said it was the riders an i bealeive them.
I have that book!
The top ten was messed up, this is how it went:
10-Cyclone
9-Beast
8-Dueling Dragons
7-Son of Beast
6-Millenium force
5-Superman ride of steel(before bizzaro)
4-Boulder Dash
3-X(before X2)
sorry, i hit the "Submit comment" button on accident, heres the rest:
2-Top Thrill Dragster
1-Kingda Ka
as you can see, Sholastic should`ve refered to golden ticket, or any other coaster poll for that matter.
Ya I have that exact same book! I also think the top ten is a little messed up. On alot of them it's about hight and speed not the actuall ride itself.(which it should be)
i saw a lot of youtube videos whith a similar Top Ten, so i think that either the books got around, or that`s where they got the idea. i suspect a bit of both.
The girl sued the place. they shut down from bankruptcy.
Its now open by a new managenent. The ride is gone. Instead theres fear fall. Everyone with balls will ride that ride every since that incident. And the lines are long. I’m hopeing she never goes here again. Yes what happen to her is sad. But its stupid to go to place you sued 4 years ago.