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- From: aq009@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (David A. Johnson)
- Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
- Subject: Re: Bat "deaths" (was Re: Top Gun at King's Island)
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 22:16:57 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Message-ID: <1e96kpINN76j@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- References: <1992Nov16.205036.17778@ccd.harris.com> <Bxq5x2.Fov@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
- Reply-To: aq009@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (David A. Johnson)
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-
- In a previous article, wjf@controls.ccd.harris.com (Bill Figie) says:
-
- >
- >In first post David Johnson wrote:
- >|> >>KI had a ride like this called the Bat about 8-10 years ago, but
- > they had
- >|> >>a lot of troubles with it. The cars kept falling off and people got
- >|> >>killed often. SO, Needless to say, they took it out. Does anyone
- >|> >>remember it??
-
- No, I didn't write that! It was Rob Dorocke!
-
- >Next someone (I forget and I erased the name) writes:
-
- [...]
-
- >|> >However, no one ever died on The Bat. Indeed, nobody has ever died on
- >|> >any of Kings Island's roller coasters. In fact, the only ride-related
- >|> >death in KI's history was the Flight Commander incident during the
- >|> >1991 season. I'd say that's a pretty good record for 20 years of
- >|> > operation...
-
- I wrote the above passage.
-
- > Then in article David "Buddy" Johnson writes again:
- >
- >
- >|> At least two people died on the Bat, I remember that vivdly. One of
- >|> the cars fell off and the people in the front were killed, the ohers
- >|> were hospitalized. About three years ago, two people died on the
- >|> King Cobra when 3d hospitalized. About three years ago, a man was
- >|> killed on the King Cobra when his seat fell off of the main chassis.
- >|> I remember this one also because I was there the day after it
- >|> happpened. I was dissappointed that it was not running and was
- >|> told by my father that he saw the story on the news
-
- And again, I did not write the above. It was Rob again.
-
-
- I needed to clarify that. Watch those attributions! Nobody likes to be
- misquoted!
-
- Now, then...
-
- [...]
-
- >these accusations about deaths at Kings Island are not true. Two years
- >ago I was up at KI about a week after the Flight Commander accident took
- >place and I got a Sunday Cincinnati newspaper with a realy big article
- >on the accidents, and in it they claimed that this was the only death at
- >this park in the 20 years it has been in existence. They did also have
- >either the same day or very close around it another death at the water
- >park owned by Kings. I have never heard of any other deaths at KI.
- >They did have problems with the Bat but there was never any bad press
- >from anyone getting seriously injured. There was also an accident with
- >the King Cobra where the train did come off the track but I don't think
- >anyone died.
-
- Actually, the other death occurred the same day in the giant fountain at
- the base of the Eiffel Tower. Somebody tried to rescue another person who
- had fallen in, and was somehow electrocuted. (I suppose there wasn't
- sufficient insulation on the wiring for the pump or the lights in the
- fountain). KI was cited by OSHA for violating some workplace regulations
- in connection with the fountain incident.
-
- I agree with everything else you say, though (hey, I've already said most
- of it!). :-)
-
- >Sorry but I don't believe that KI has had other
- >deaths on their coasters.
-
- Well, since neither the Flight Commander nor the picturesque fountain is a
- roller coaster, KI hasn't had any deaths on any of their coasters. (So
- there's no "other" about it...) Sorry to be so picky! :-)
- --
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