Has there been any accidents at Kings Island?
The worst day in park history was Sunday, June 9, 1991 when three park visitors died and one was hospitalized. According to a June 10 Associated Press story, two, 20-year-old men — one of them a Kings Island employee — were electrocuted to death when wading into a small pond in the park.
Has anyone ever died on The Beast at Kings Island?
Usually, however, no park attendees get injured. One sad day in 1991, however, three people died on the same day, in separate incidents. In one case, a Toledo woman named Candy Taylor, age 32, fell from the Flight Commander right before the park closed at 10 p.m.
What happened at Kings Island in 1991?
June 9, 1991 was a grim night at Kings Island Amusement park in southern Ohio. After two unrelated accidents occurred on the park grounds, three people were dead. The first accident happened on the ride Flight Commander where a 32 year-old woman named Candy Taylor fell out of the ride after passing out and slipping through her restraints.
Do you remember any of the deaths that happened at Kings Island?
So I can remember quite a few of the deaths that happened there. The worst night for Kings Island was in the early 90’s when a woman was thrown from the Space Commander (or might have been Skylab) ride the same day that two people were electrocuted in a pond.
How dangerous are amusement park rides really?
Sure, they throw around statistics claiming that only one in 24 million people are at risk of being injured on a ride, while the odds are a staggering one in 750 million to be killed on a ride. Yet every season the reports come pouring in of people seriously injured or horrifically killed while enjoying a day at the amusement park.
What happened at Holiday World&Splashin’Safari?
On Saturday, May 31, 2003 tragedy struck at Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari theme park in Santa Claus, Indiana after a woman fell to her death from a roller coaster. Tamar Fellner was riding the Raven roller coaster but fell out on the first and steepest hill after she allegedly stood up in her seat during the 69-foot drop.