ROLLERCOASTERS
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HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) -- A dozen riders on a roller coaster spent half an hour hanging upside down - 150 feet above the ground - after a power outage shut down the attraction.
It took about 30 minutes for the city Fire Department to rescue the riders using a ladder truck Saturday evening, said Aundrea Crary, spokeswoman for the Springs & Crystal Falls amusement park.
Spectators cheered when the riders were brought to the ground from the highest point of a loop on the X-Coaster, but one passenger threw up after reaching safety.
The X-Coaster was one of several rides brought to a halt by the outage that originated somewhere near the park.
"You could tell who got off the (X-Coaster) because their faces were red," said Angela Salter. She was riding the Gauntlet, another coaster, and said park employees worked quickly to free her.
The park resumed normal operations, although the X-Coaster remained closed.
One X-Coaster passenger, Jay Plummer, 37, was taken to St. Joseph Mercy Medical Center in Hot Springs after complaining of neck pain and a headache.
"It was very scary," said his girlfriend, Connie McBride. "I love the amusement park, but I will never get on the X-Coaster again."
The park has experienced outages before, but usually they last only seconds, said Dan Aylward, Magic Springs president and general manager.
Entergy Corp. was investigating but crews found no faulty wiring.
"The cause could be a (tree) limb or as simple as an animal (on the lines)," said Mark Hunt, general manager of customer service for Entergy. "We could find no faults, but we are going to continue to investigate until we find the cause."
It took about 30 minutes for the city Fire Department to rescue the riders using a ladder truck Saturday evening, said Aundrea Crary, spokeswoman for the Springs & Crystal Falls amusement park.
Spectators cheered when the riders were brought to the ground from the highest point of a loop on the X-Coaster, but one passenger threw up after reaching safety.
The X-Coaster was one of several rides brought to a halt by the outage that originated somewhere near the park.
"You could tell who got off the (X-Coaster) because their faces were red," said Angela Salter. She was riding the Gauntlet, another coaster, and said park employees worked quickly to free her.
The park resumed normal operations, although the X-Coaster remained closed.
One X-Coaster passenger, Jay Plummer, 37, was taken to St. Joseph Mercy Medical Center in Hot Springs after complaining of neck pain and a headache.
"It was very scary," said his girlfriend, Connie McBride. "I love the amusement park, but I will never get on the X-Coaster again."
The park has experienced outages before, but usually they last only seconds, said Dan Aylward, Magic Springs president and general manager.
Entergy Corp. was investigating but crews found no faulty wiring.
"The cause could be a (tree) limb or as simple as an animal (on the lines)," said Mark Hunt, general manager of customer service for Entergy. "We could find no faults, but we are going to continue to investigate until we find the cause."
FUCK STEALTH!!!!
fuck that ride....seriously....the first time I went on that shit they fucked up when they closed the lap bar thing, well it goes between the legs and they closed it on my balls
when I started screaming the bitch ass worker thought I was just scared "it'll be ok dude!" :angry: it took a whole lotta convincing to get me back on that ride the next time I went....and that time I took hella precautions so that shit didn't happen again
anyways my favorite rollercoaster has gotta be either Goliath or Viper at Magic Mountain or that one ride at great america that goes forwards & backwards.
fuck that ride....seriously....the first time I went on that shit they fucked up when they closed the lap bar thing, well it goes between the legs and they closed it on my balls
when I started screaming the bitch ass worker thought I was just scared "it'll be ok dude!" :angry: it took a whole lotta convincing to get me back on that ride the next time I went....and that time I took hella precautions so that shit didn't happen againanyways my favorite rollercoaster has gotta be either Goliath or Viper at Magic Mountain or that one ride at great america that goes forwards & backwards.
majic mountin has hella roller coasters now, anybody fuck with de javu their? fuck I was in the front of that shit and when it droped straight down it felt like my shit was coming loose, scary ass shit. X in six flags and goliath are dope as fuck those rides never get old. For deja vu you gotta wait in a long ass line though. Superman is too pussy because your looking up not down.