Rollercoaster Accident Involving At Least Seven Injured In North Lanarkshire

[Abroad]

Seven people have been injured after a rollercoaster crashed off the rails at a theme park in North Lanarkshire.

Six ambulances and six fire engines are at the M&D's park near Strathclude Park in Motherwell after being called at 15:37.

A number of specialist officers are also at the park, which has been evacuated.

An eyewitness said: "People were trapped upside down on the ride."

Emergency services said the incident involving the Tsunami ride was ongoing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-36635086

 

[SimplySpaztastic]

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Eyewiteness Katie Burns said she had just finished riding the Tsunami and was walking past when the carriage crashed with children on board.

On Facebook, she said: "Literally got off the Tsunami at M&Ds and then walking past and the next lot of people get on and the full thing goes off the tracks.

"Honestly never been so scared in my life, with this weather they should not be on.

Ummmmmm but you JUST got off the ride, and the weather was just fine then???

 

[Abroad]

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Ummmmmm but you JUST got off the ride, and the weather was just fine then???

I don't think the weather changed. I think she may have realised that the weather was so bad they should probably have stopped the ride after the accident happened.....

 

[JackBurton]

Be a fun way to go
[doublepost=1466963086,1466962967][/doublepost]Wonder if anyone will die, you'd think there'd have to be some serious injuries.

Hope the amusement park has a fat insurance policy for the ensuing lawsuits.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

No roller coasters for me.

 

[TheMorningStar]

Be a fun way to go

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_Coaster

 

[lithiumgirl]

I love roller coasters...not like...LOVE!

 

[Abroad]

Two boys who were among nine people injured in a rollercoaster crash at a North Lanarkshire theme park on Sunday remain in a serious condition.

The ride derailed at M&D's, on the Motherwell side of Strathclyde Park.

Two boys remain in a serious condition - a 12-year-old has chest, abdominal and leg injuries and an 11-year-old suffered serious arm and hand injuries.

Four other boys, a 14-year-old girl and a 19-year-old man, are all stable in hospital, police said.

A 19-year-old woman was released after treatment.

M&D's revealed that the Tsunami ride had been closed on Saturday due to a minor electrical fault but said it was fully operational when the park opened on Sunday.

The park's director, Douglas Taylor, said: "Each and every ride within the theme park is safety checked on a daily basis and undergoes a thorough independent inspection every 12 months.

"My brother Matthew and I have been in business together for 50 years and this is the first incident of this type that we have ever been involved in.

"We are devastated as both a family and a business, and our heart goes out to everyone who has been affected by this accident."

Mr Taylor paid tribute to the emergency services and members of the public who had helped in the aftermath of the crash.

It is not the first time the park has experienced problems with its rides, including the Tsunami.

Nine passengers, including children, were stranded for eight hours on the ride in July 2011 when it came to a halt 60ft (18.2m) above the ground. The malfunction was blamed on a broken lift chain.

In March, eight people had to be rescued by firefighters when the park's Tornado rollercoaster ground to a halt 20 ft (6m) in the air.

In July 2011, nine people were rescued from the park's Tsunami rollercoaster after being trapped for up to eight hours.

In 2006, firefighters freed 18 people who were trapped upside down on a fairground ride at M&D's.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-36637200

 

[Brenni]

Won't stop me
I could easily be killed by a serial killer or hit by a train :shrug:

 

[Sejanus]

Coasters are too fun not to ride on.
It is an acceptable risk.
Plus if you were on it and lived that is a baddass story AND the odds are excellent you would never be on one that malfunctioned again...
so there is that.

 

[sarahdownunder]

I wish I could be all 'acceptable risk' and 'rollercoasters are awesome' and all that. But the truth is, I'm scared shitless when riding one.

Those pictures they snap, at a certain point along the ride, to sell to you afterwards? Mine just show this grey faced blonde who looks like she just crapped her pants.

I gave up trying to seek thrills years ago lol. I'm very happy to hold everyone's bags and wait at the stiles

 

[disgusted4sho]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_Coaster

@JackBurton I dare you. I double dog dare you.
y:y:y:y:

 

[Kittyskyfish]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_Coaster

Damn you I pissed myself laughing!!!! Now I gotta go change!!

Height 510 m (1,670 ft)
Drop 500 m (1,600 ft)
Length 7,500 m (24,600 ft)
Speed 360 km/h (220 mph)
Inversions 7
Duration 3:20

The concept design of the layout begins with a steep-angled lift to the 510-metre (1,670 ft) (0.317 mile) top, which would take two minutes for the 24-passenger train to reach.[1] From there, a 500-metre (1,600 ft) drop would take the train to 360 kilometres per hour (220 mph), close to its terminal velocity, before flattening out and speeding into the first of its seven slightly clothoid inversions. Each inversion would have a smaller diameter than the one before in order to maintain the lethal 10 g to passengers while the train loses speed. After a sharp right-hand turn the train would enter a straight, where unloading of corpses and loading of new passengers could take place.

:hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:

 

[lithiumgirl]

Euthanasia roller coaster...you don't need the fast lane pass for that baby do you!

I love the fast lane pass, Get off the ride, walk up the stairs past the poor fuckers that have

been waiting in line for two hours, ride again...repeat.