Crashed to Death: 6 Terrible Accidents in Amusement Parks #5

How can a weekend at an amusement park become the tragedy of all life? Here’s one of the worst tragic cases in human history:
1) Davine Muniz Cordeiro, Mirabilandia, Brazil, “Wave Swinger” September 22, 2023
2) Sammy, 17. Cap d’Agde, France, “Adrenaline”, August 5, 2023
3) Uzbekistan Istiklol theme park “Flying Saucer”, June 2019,
4) Mohammed Zaid Momin, 22, and Manali Rajvadi, 24, Kankaria Adventure Park Ahmedabad, India, July 14, 2019, “Discovery”,
5) Damien Godson, 6, and Craig Godson, 4, and 5 other passengers were burned alive. Luna Park Sydney, “Ghost train”, June 9, 1979
6) Six Flags Great Adventure, New Jersey, “The Haunted Castle”, May 11, 1984

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On that may evening in New Jersey in 1984 a bunch of teens decided to spice things up and headed to the haunted castle at the amusement park they expected skeletons and zombies but what they didn’t see coming was a new monster in the Maze aiming to turn them into

Ghosts themselves how does a regular ride turn deadly what are the odds of surviving when the carousel Beneath You falls apart and how often do amusement parks end up with one-way tickets for their visitors Amusement parks worldwide boast numerous wild rides though truth be told most are pretty chill and safe even at small local fairs you’ll often find a regular carousel right in its most extreme version the base just tilts back and fourth inter September 2023 when a couple of friends deine munz cordiero

And Lorraine Ferrera decided to try such an attraction after lunch at Mira bandia one of Brazil’s most famous amusement parks cordiero opted for a standard swing as she wasn’t into extreme rides ferera sat in front secured her safety straps and felt herself lift off the ground within seconds the ride started

Spinning swinging in their seats lifting them 12 M high on the second turn ferera felt a strange jolt she brushed it off until she noticed someone’s shoe on the ground when the ride made another spin fera saw her friend lying on the ground several meters away from the carousel

They urgently stopped the ride but ferera couldn’t reach her friend what she saw was not a slip from the seat the whole seat had detached with its chains they rushed the injured woman to the hospital where she was diagnosed with fractures a punctured lung and a complex

Head injury doctors fought for her life for the next 2 weeks performing brain surgery only in October did cordiero emerge from a coma facing unbearable pain and more surgeries despite all she was grateful to be alive and breathing on her own meanwhile the park Administration tried to shake off

Responsibility the victim’s family had to fight for justice in court which eventually ruled that the amusement park had to cover the medical expenses if they failed to do so they’d face a fine of 5,000 Brazilian reel roughly around $1,020 Mira bandia closed temporarily after the incident yet after 40 days it

Reopened like nothing happened replacing the near lethal Carousel with another ride as for 34-year-old Aro she underwent additional surgeries on her face hands and legs remaining in intensive care back then she probably didn’t think she was lucky but a French woman named Angelina could have assured her otherwise a little over a month

Before the tragedy at mirab bandia 17-year-old Sammy decided to hit up Luna Park in the French town of cap Daga even though the weather that evening wasn’t top-notch and they were expecting a storm all week the amusement park was still open so Sammy wasn’t about to

Postpone his trip to kakada heck the guy went for one of the most extreme rides in the park adrenaline now the deal with the adrenaline is strapping visitors to cables hoisting them up about 55 M and then releasing them into freef fall at a whopping 110 km per hour so Sammy and

Another 19-year-old girl got strapped in started ascending the support structure and finally the right operator gave the green light for the drop the teens scream with excitement as they went plummeting down however within seconds it became clear this ride wasn’t going according to plan that day visitors felt

A strong gust of wind watching it carry two adrenaline passengers straight into the rides support structure safety belts couldn’t withstand the impact and the teens slipped out of their seats they were freef falling from 55 M continuously slamming into the metal framework when they finally hit the ground their bodies were literally shattered

Rescue teams rushed to the scene the girl on the brink of life and death was immediately taken to the hospital and she underwent surgery Samy on the other hand passed away on the spot because of his injuries anguished Samy’s mom Angelina could only comment on the

Tragedy a few days later she said she didn’t blame the park staff for her son’s death but was Furious because the rides shouldn’t have been running due to the storm the Luna Park manager took responsibility for the tragedy although they permanently dismantled the adrenaline ride Luna Park resumed

Operations just 2 days after the Fatal incident truth be told adrenaline had a track record in 2015 the ride threw a young couple off because its cables snapped luckily they only suffered minor injuries in 2019 a man sustained a serious head trauma as he fell on the ground during the ride do amusement

Parks have to wait for someone to die before doing something about dangerous rides and what if if I told you even that might not be enough at the end of June in 2019 when residents of usbekistan headed to istac theme park they expected a good time it’s a fairly

Modest themed spot in jizi perhaps the best and most extreme ride there was the Flying Saucer it’s a swing ride that rotates around its axis and Spins 360° flipping people upside down the istac park version had about 20 seats but not all were taken that summer day

Still many dared to give it a spin when the Flying Saucer began a new cycle the unimaginable happened the rid’s pole snapped and the base with people fell to the ground from a height of about 6 m a woman’s scream echoed through the park followed by a deadly silence at first

Onlookers might have thought everything would be okay as the ride hit the ground on the side where there fortunately were no people though when Medics arrived it turned out that seven visitors got injured and a girl died on the spot she was merely 19 years old you know they

Set up the Flying Saucer in the park just a few months before the deadly tragedy even though no Global media covered this tragic incident it resurfaced a few weeks later stealing the spotlight at Canaria Adventure Park in amid dead India it was a hot spot for visitors so no surprise that the place

Was packed with people on Sunday Afternoon Of July 14th many wanted to spin on the Discovery the same swing ride as in usbekistan it accommodates 32 passengers and when it kicked off that day only one spot was left among the young people trying their luck there were 22-year-old Muhammad Zade mman and

24-year-old Manali rajvada but right when the ride almost went horizontal about to flip the passengers upside down the pipe holding the seats snapped for a split second it hung 6 m above the ground before crashing down all 31 passengers were rushed to the hospital with injuries of varying sever Verity

Later it turned out the wounded were between 14 and 26 years old the youngest victim had both legs amputated but the injuries to Manali rajvada and Mohamed mman were even more severe despite doctor’s efforts the folks didn’t make it probably sitting in those seats most affected by the impact after the tragedy

They shut down the amusement park and six of its employees including the company owner faced charges of involuntary manslaughter however within 2 years Canaria was back in business minus the lethal attraction why well the company’s contract had no Clause stating the park couldn’t operate in case of an

Accident so do amusement parks genuinely care about your life or are some rides literally designed for death and here’s the kicker the deadliest incidents often happen in rides without a hint of thrill take the most iconic ride at Sydney’s Luna Park the ghost train it started

Operating back in 1935 when the park was built even after 44 years the ghost train remained a visitor’s favorite spot it took passengers on 180 M track with countless turns through nearly pitch black darkness in those tunnels terrifying decorations like skeletons and monsters spooked visitors for 2 and

1/2 minutes usually on Saturdays there’d be a massive line for the ghost train however on June 9th 1979 due to a Citywide strike only a few people made it to the park yet just before closing around 10 p.m. dozens rushed to this attraction among them were five teenagers the youngest being

Jason hullman who won a prize at the shooting range and was hanging out with older friends thinking it was the best night of his life plus he was staying out without adult supervision for perhaps the first time on the other hand 6-year-old Daman and 4-year-old Craig stood in line with their parents John

And Jenny godson the boys begged for one last ride on the ghost train when the passengers were already Tak taking their seats in the carriages Jenny godson decided to buy ice cream for everyone and promised to meet her family at the other end of the tunnel this spontaneous

Craving merely a few minutes before the tragedy saved the woman’s life when the train cars one by one entered the dark tunnels strobe lights flashed cobwebs brushed against visitors and skeletons dangled nearby so when the smell of smoke crept in most assumed it was part of the show but even before the last

Ghost train car entered the tunnels the ride operator realized something was seriously wrong as smoke billowed out he managed to pull Jason Holman from the last seat when his friends were already inside the tunnels the guy yelled at the park employee soon realizing he’d been saved from a horrific fate in a matter

Of minutes the old attraction decked out in countless flamable decorations was engulfed in flames leading to the closure of the entire park meanwhile the first cars had finished their run and rolled out with with scared but alive passengers however the rest were still inside people started rushing to the

Ride including Jenny godson who was carrying ice cream for her husband and kids the woman was so deeply shocked by what she saw that she didn’t feel the dessert melting dripping from her hands due to the unbearable heat suddenly a series of explosions echoed with the last one so powerful that it obliterated

The attraction entirely visitors desperately tried to find their family and friends on the ghost train nonetheless everyone was ordered to evacuate immediately making it practically impossible firefighters managed to put off the fire only after an hour when Rescuers finally started sifting through the wreckage it became known that seven people perished in the

Fiery trap Mr godson with his two young sons and four 13-year-old friends of Jason Holman the investigation couldn’t pinpoint the cause of the fire although it unanimously acknowledged that Luna Park violated almost all all possible fire safety rules and even though the tragedy was in the past it was far from

Forgotten in 2021 a documentary linked the ghost train fire to Abe saffron a major figure in organized crime in Australia at the time the man orchestrated a series of arson right after the Luna Park tragedy however he always denied involvement in this catastrophe nevertheless in 2007 saffron’s niece claimed it was indeed

Her uncle’s doing although the perpetrator had already passed away the victims of the tragedy and their families still hop to uncover why this disaster claimed Seven Lives yet sometimes the truth turns out to be unbearable that’s precisely what happened in 1984 at Six Flags Great Adventure Park in New Jersey one of the

Most popular attractions there was the haunted castle like in the previous Story the main goal of this ride was to scare visitors so in the dark corridors approximately 140 m long decorations awaited them cobwebs skeletons mannequin vampires live monsters and park employees dressed as mummies vampires or werewolves all this was complemented by

Strobe lights flickering and Eerie sounds the castle was actually made up of eight trailers arranged in the form of two mirrored mazes but adorned with a decorative facade they were connected by another trailer in the middle serving as a control center there the control panel for sounds and special effect was

Located and the monster actors could take a break when there were many visitors both sides of the haunted castle operated on less crowded days like May 11th 1984 they opened only one Labyrinth at around 6:30 p.m. a loud group of N9 teenagers headed into the haunted castle they ventured through the

Creepy corridors encountering unknown monsters but had no idea about the real terror awaiting them just a few minutes later another group entered the castle and noticed something unusual even for a horror maze Flames like in Sydney’s Luna Park visitors initially thought it was part of the attraction yet when they

Smelled the smoke they realized it wasn’t screaming about a fire they immediately rushed to the doors among them was 20-year-old Joanne Minter with her four friends who were considerably further inside the maze Joan felt the room filling with smoke and unexpectedly stumbled alone in a dark narrow path

Message she understood that fire could emerge from anywhere at any moment luckily she happened to be close to the exit and managed to spot the light ahead gasping from the acrid smoke she escaped from the Labyrinth and shuddered The Haunted Castle was a blaze and at that time about two dozen people were

Panicking basically trying to blindly find their way out amid Black Walls and terrifying decorations employees dressed as mummies and demons were helping visitors escape the Flames it was a totally insane sight attracting thousands of Park guests that evening little did they know what they were actually witnessing due to the wind the

Fire spread rapidly and the Park’s fire brigade couldn’t handle the situation anymore finally 200 firefighters from 11 nearby towns arrived at the scene working for over an hour to get the fire under control and throughout all this time the amusement park was still running when they eventually closed it

Late in the evening the fire was already completely out and Rescuers began surveying the wreckage they found only charred mannequins so they were getting ready to confirm that there were no casualties when suddenly they realized the horrifying truth some of those charred Figures were indeed humans it

Turned out that eight from the mentioned group of teenagers had lost their lives and only one was successfully saved by a Park employee an investigation into the tragedy began revealing that the haunted castle had violated a dozen State Fire rules however the scariest detail emerged 8 Days Later a boy told the

Police that near the entrance to the attraction a friendly 14-year-old teenager had offered to guide him through the mazes he agreed and they went on together but in a particularly dark spot his guide decided to light up with a lighter and due to carelessness ignited the highly flamable decorations

Although the police never learned the name of this teenager and the prosecutor acquitted him in absentia the guy had to live knowing that his recklessness caused the death of eight people and even though this tragedy happened long ago modern incidents make you think that attractions aren’t becoming safer and

This can be confirmed by the subtle yet undeniable statistics in 2019 in the USA there were 101 shark attacks on humans in American amusement parks that same year 1,299 visitors were injured still you probably don’t consider them Parks more dangerous than sea Predators right so I

Hope you never find yourself in a risky situation at those allegedly safe amusement parks but if this has already happened to you share your stories in the comments and if you enjoyed the video drop a like And subscribe