As you may have noticed, Im a big fan of roller coasters...but even this would freak me out! The ride is stranded on the lift hill and workers are evacuating the ride...when the ride decides to go through the course, leaving riders scrambling for their safety bars... Efteling, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands - © VKmag Caught on Camera: A guest filmed the evacuation as the accident occurred yesterday at Efteling theme park in the Netherlands.It was a routine evacuation for being nearly 100 feet in the air. That is, until something went wrong. When a technical glitch caused the steel looping coaster Python to stall at its pinnacle Monday evening at the Netherlands Efteling theme park, employees climbed the lift hills catwalk to began freeing riders. The ride crew started at the back of the train, moving forward. After freeing the back two cars of their combined eight guests, they started on the third-to-back, releasing its four over-the-shoulder restraints. Thats when the accident occurred. With half of the train over the hills crest already, the diminished weight in the back two cars caused it to roll over the pinnacle. Riders grabbed for their restraints as one staff member still standing on the side of the train waited several seconds, then leapt onto the catwalk again as the train rolled on its way. The one employee was the only one involved to receive minor scratches and bruises as a result of the rides unexpected completion of the 2,461-foot circuit. A group of onlookers on the ground could be heard gasping as riders took off screaming in shock on their potentially fatal trip through the rides four inversions at its approximate 47-m.p.h. speeds. One of those onlookers had a camera in hand and posted their video on the web site VKmag. Efteling issued a statement that its evacuation procedures have been modified and all employees notified while the park works with an independent agency to investigate yesterdays incident. Twenty-six of the coasters 28 seats were occupied at the time of the accident. Rollercoaster Evacuation Goes Wrong At Efteling Theme park
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 04:03:02 +0000
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