'We hit something!': Kings Island employee talks about roller coaster hitting guest
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2024
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Parks not liable for stupidity
But some lawyer will still try hoping for a quick settlement
some quick change
How do you make it almost four decades on this planet but still be dumb enough to get hit by a roller coaster?
Arrogance, no patience and selfishness. That's how.😊
How do you not see a big ass coaster train coming your way?
There's 50+ year old dudes that think they are female. I'm not surprised.
Darwinism
You do know that the victim had autism right
3 things happened here and all 3 are 100% the fault of the victim:
1- failed to secure loose items on a ride with several inversions.
2- ignored all warnings posted on the fencing
3- expected preferential treatment pertaining to the retrieval of lost items which is also posted everywhere and has been a park policy for decades.
Not only did he fail to secure lose items, he passed multiple signs telling him to do so first!
I fear he or his family will sue and get something even though this guy is at fault. He left his poor kids to get his keys, it’s fortunate he didn’t make them go with him.
The park, the affected employees, the affected guests, even the poor EMTs forced to experience this traumatic event need to sue the man's estate.
@@davidpawson9047I think his injuries are punishment enough, but yeah that’s gotta be traumatic for people who witnessed it, and he could’ve killed someone with those keys had they flown at the right speed and hit the right spot 😣his troubles just started
Not to mention the riders in front who had actual scratches and blood on them!
The guy went to a restricted area which was stupidity!
Exactly
The coaster riders must be absolutely traumatized.
But nobody will talk about them. Just that “poor soul who lost his life unnecessarily~!”
In critical, not dead @@PeripheralVvV
Do not blame the park, the ride, manufacturer or the ride ops.. Pure ignorance caused this. Kings Island should not be liable for this in any way. The man was impatient and broke the rules.
I agree. Guests are even warned to empty their pockets and/or secure their valuables before riding for this exact reason.
@@joliebokeh1958 I was just there last weekend. I had to put my things in a locker. I had sunglasses on but I also had strong sport straps holding them in place. I learn my lesson from last year. This is just a case of not wanting to be inconvenienced and probably gotten away with it before. I hate to speak ill of the man but he knew better
I agree
This goes beyond ignorance. He climbed two fences that were clearly marked with signs. He put not only himself, but other people in danger. If I was one of the riders with cuts and scrapes, I'd sue him or his estate for damages.
So sad... but so preventable!
Too bad his impatience cost him his life and his children a parent. 😢
Yes it's inconvenient to not have access to your car.. but use Uber or ask a friend or family member to pick you up. So, so sad. This never had to happen. Hope other impatient ppl take heed n learn from this!
My heart goes out to all those involved, especially the poor ppl that were on the ride; a day of fun turned to horror! 😱
If the park gets sued and blamed for this, then that says a lot about our society.
edit: holy crap I got a lot of likes, unexpected!
Yea, I agree that the park shouldn’t be liable for this man’s actions. An adult that should have known better. But I bet that the family still tries to sue and the park will settle. They will get go away money because it’s cheaper to settle than it would be to go to litigation even if the park won the case. They’d pay more in legal fees to fight it.
I hope the park is NOT charged. Imagine being sued because someone decided to climb your fence, climb onto your roof and fall to his or her death because he or she was trying to retrieve a lost drone (WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION).
The same goes with this man and his lost keys. Its a horrible tragedy, but it was due to the man's impatience and negligence. The park put the barriers and SIGNS there to keep people from doing what he did. No one gave him permission, either.
If the park is somehow held responsible (beware of people suing you for climbing on your roof without permission!) I hope that all that is asked of them is that they make accommodations for people who have lost keys or wallets, such as maybe free meals and a few game tokens - free when the keys and wallets are found/retrieved at the end of the day. That way, the park would be minimally liable (as wrong as being liable is) and that people would be less likely to use impatience for an excuse to do something stupid, dangerous and against park rules.
It would come down to how well secured the area was and how aware someone would be made of the potential hazards. If the area was completely open, then the park would be grossly negligent.
How about the riders who had to likely be treated and traumatized? They should be able to recover from possibly needing medical treatment and emotional distress.
@@sonicpsycho13 the restricted areas are not wide open. There were two very tall fences that you have to bypass to enter. Climbed over both and I guess started looking for his keys. It doesn’t seem to matter how tall a fence is or if there is barbed wire… someone, somehow is going to breech that if they are determined. It’s not the first time someone has pulled a stunt like this and sadly and tragically the outcome wasn’t good.
If anything, anyone one that ride who needed medical treatment for their legs should be suing HIM for their injuries, never mind the trauma. Really, it's amazing at that speed there weren't any broken legs or worse.
Not the park’s fault this man was beyond stupid
Same exact thing happened at cedar point about 6-7 years ago. Man dropped his phone, jumped fence to get it, then gets hit and killed by the coaster. Whatever object you’re trying to get it’s not worth your life.
i was just thinking this
Atlanta six flags too.
He worked in the same school system as my cousin at the time. Just awful.
It was entirely the dude’s fault, not the theme park’s fault
Ever since I almost lost one of my flip-flops on an amusement ride, I always make sure my shoes are tight and everything else is either deep inside my pockets or in a locker rental at the park.
You should be wearing safer shoes, and not idiotic, loose flip flops
@@kurthanke5788yeah that’s why he said he doesn’t wear them anymore.
@@S.J.C._Entertainment
Thank you.
Same here in fact I am going to an amusement park at the end of the month. I already broke in my new shoes and have my small bag I always use for the parks cleaned out and ready. Also, if you are at the park with friends or family and one of them don't plan to ride the same ride as you ask them to watch your stuff. This is also why you should have a spare key. Some rides have where you can put your items in a bin. You can usually put the spare key in one of those magnetic hide a key that you can stick somewhere under your car. Or heck tape it somewhere under the car. Or have shorts with zipper pockets.
@@Sasskittenbruh. Zippered pockets, done. Only bring what you actually need, your keys, wallet, phone, nothing else.
As soon as I heard “ man was in restricted area “ I did not care anymore. It’s his own fault. I grew up at kings island and worked there . When I hear something tragic I generally feel for someone who was just trying to have a good time. But when “ breaking the rules” comes into play I stop with the sympathy.
Has Kings Island had many deaths?
@@iamredeemed73 there have been a few in the past few decades. There was an incident… or several incidents that took place at Kings Island where several people were unalived on the same day. The called it Black Sunday. It must’ve happens some 20 years ago or so. Three guys were electrocuted when they came in contact with a pond with a broken water pump. Apparently the electrical cable that powered the pumps was broken and electrified the water so when they toubed the water they got shocked. Tow of those guys didn’t make it. And in the meantime a woman fell from a flat ride when she passed out while riding and slipped from the restraints. She also didn’t make it. I was recently at the park for the first time and I saw the pond where the two guys passed. It’s still there, and so is the little water fountain that had the broken cable. There used to be to be a foot bridge that crossed over the pond. That’s gone now and there is a fence sound the entire perimeter is the pond. There is no way any guest can come in contact with the water unless they get on the other side of the fence. I don’t know if this is a result of the accident or not but after seeing the area it does give a bit of a foreboding feeling. That strange because I have never been to the park before and had no idea where is pond was. Yet when I saw it at the park, I knew this is where it happened. You would never know something terrible happens there because it is a very calm and beautiful area. Still I love Kings Island and look forward to my return.
Years ago, my glasses flew off while riding Raptor, and the employees incredibly found my glasses within an hour. Always grateful to them because without glasses, I can't drive.
You should always keep a second pair of glasses in your glovebox.
When I was about 13 the same thing happened to me and at not point in time did I think I should go look for them myself. It didn’t even occur to me to ask the attendants if they could try to find them, I just figured there was no way they would be able to since it was dark at the time. To risk your life for some keys with your kids waiting on you is wild to me.
@@Hetzrr A second pair? Dang, you rich.
@@dlight9849 My eye doctor offers a second pair free if you buy the frames, so like 80 for some ugly frames and at least you've got a spare.
@@HetzrrGreat idea 💡 ❤
So sad that people can’t follow rules and I’m sure they will try to sue the park when it’s 100 percent that guys fault.
Yes unfortunately. I am truly sorry for what happened to him but he did cause his own demise. He wasn’t a child.. he was a grown ass man that knew better. But as you know the family will try and sue for something, and Kings Island will pay them “go away” money because it’s cheaper than trying to fight it even if they are 💯 not liable
Get ready for the news reports from family members saying he was a nice and smart man 😂
The park should sue them not vice versa
My keys flew out of my pocket at Magic Mountain on X2! What did I do? I called my brother who came to the parking lot with the spare. I didn’t climb fences or ventured into unsafe territory! Worse case tow your car home and call a locksmith! People don’t respect their own lives anymore.
Yeah probably would have Ubered home if I was in such a hurry to leave and came back the next day to see if my keys were located. If not call a locksmith and have them rekey. It’s an expensive lesson especially when you have to rekey a FOB but it can be done and in some case maybe your insurance covers it? The point is there are many options. And those options all would leave you alive and well
We were at great America in Illinois when I was 17 and my friend lost his wallet, hat and keys on raging bull. I jumped off the exit ramp and found his wallet and keys but couldn’t find his hat. My friends pulled me back up and as we were leaving the ride we hear over the speakers the ride is shut down and then security comes running past us and we were like what was that about. Well they caught back up to us later and told us I could have got hurt and that we were being thrown out of the park. Thank goodness the owner was there and met us and let us apologize and keep our season passes and stay in the park. But yes never do this. You give them your info and they will mail anything you lose in the mail to your house if you tell them.
Don't worry Larry, your Darwin award is still ready for you. I'm sure you'll win it somehow.
@@crupt1023 in his comment I think he admitted he learned his lesson and is probably a lot smarter because of it. We all do dumb things. The Darwin people are the ones who don’t learn from them.
@@Stacey7742correct. You have to learn from your mistakes you have to learn from the stupidity. If you're constantly doing the same thing over and over and it usually gives the same result and it puts your or anyone else's life in danger then you're just asking for it at that point. In fact I'm actually sure that that is actually how you define insanity. Or so I've heard.
I just don't get how you could put yourself in such a dangerous spot and NOT look out for the coaster coming! You know it's there! 🤦🏻♀️
It burns me up when people say amusement parks are unsafe and then cite cases like this. The majority of injuries and deaths at amusement parks are caused by the patrons themselves doing something stupid, like entering a restricted area, standing on a ride, or demanding to be let on when unable to ride properly (too heavy, missing a limb, or other situations).
Some accidents ARE the fault of the amusement parks, but they are very rare. Sometimes it is even because they are bullied into something that a rider or rider's parent demands of them.
That serial killer phone call voice is wild.
Many of these companies have policies against individual employees speaking with the media. The employee probably asked to be made anonymous in order to avoid retaliation from the company.
@@NemoTrainz You do realize I was being facetious, right? :) I fully understand the situation, but thank you for enlightening those who may not have!
I think it’s more like a stalker
Voice.
@@thegodofpez I did not realize you were, sorry. It's definitely very hard to tell when reading a comment. I appreciate the polite response.
Could be a minorrrrr and that's why they blocked out the actual voice... for protective purposes
This wouldn't have happened if he had stored his keys safely. Always make sure your items are secured before you get on a roller coaster or any other amusement park ride.
It wouldn't have happened if he hadn't climbed two fences.
This exact accident has happened a few times before, there are RUclips channels all about rollercoaster accidents to tell you about it. The families always sue even though it was the person's own fault crossing safety multiple fences, and the parks always have to settle to end it. It's so stupid. They shouldn't be allowed to sue, what else are the parks supposed to do to keep people away from those areas? Electrify the fences? They'd probably get sued for that too.
Lockers are $2.... zipper pockets work well.... very sad situation overall, but plan ahead and store your stuff safe. I learned the hard way myself at Cedar Point with my wallet, forgot all about it on Maxair and lost all cards. Got most back AFTER close with the parks help and a few good guests! Gotta stay safe first man. Unfortunate this happened.
They upped the price to 3 that’s why I got zipper pockets work fine
Where are lockers $2? 🤣
@@thecouchcushy6901zippered pockets are elite
2$ ?? Maybe for every 30 minutes.
@@jesseback3536 per like 2 hours
Guess people didn't learn after what happened at six flags in Georgia years ago
This exact thing has happened at Kings Island before too. A teenager was decapitated trying to retrieve a hat. Pretty ironic.
It happened at Cedar Point in 2015 on the Raptor which is the sister coaster. That man won a Darwin Award for his efforts.
The park and riders who were hit ought to sue him… if he makes it. No I don’t feel sorry for him. I do feel sorry for his two kids for the loss of their very “special” father.
Seek help...
I agree @Chris-we3cp. That man endangered the lives of the riders and they sustained injuries due to his reckless behavior.
His kids are better off without him
This sound like this man was just being hard-headed!! Make sure you put your important items up are in a safe place before you get on a ride. Stay safe everybody!! ❤
Hard headed...not anymore
I’m betting this man was more afraid of his wife than a rollercoaster
I grew up going to Kings Island. People get hit and killed by coasters there more often than you would think. Its literally impossible to get hit by them unless you spend a considerable amount of effort entering an area which is obviously extremely lethal to be in. I don't feel the least bit sorry for anyone who gets hit by a coaster. In fact, thank goodness the coaster took them out before their ineptitude could eventually hurt someone else.
Oh yeah? I've been around it since it opened and can only count around 5 deaths including the lion attack. Did you hear about something I didn't?
It is better going home several hours late instead of going the hospital or to the morgue. It is more convenient to be aggravated and having to stay at the amusement park longer than you want to than to have your family attend your funeral.
Warning and Danger signs are not suggestions.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Although in this case, I think he lost the game.
Does NOBODY remember the kid who was decapitated by Batman back in 2007? Or how Universal Had to literally throw out Dueling Dragons because people were throwing stuff and using phones.
Stay. Out. Of. The. Restricted. Areas.
There's also the bit that wasn't talked about that falling items can be a risk to others in the area. I can't blame the park for refusing to stop a popular ride in order to retrieve something that was dropped. I have to wonder a bit about why leaving right then was that important.
Dude Literally! Like how is the common sense not there at all, like you rode the ride!?!? And now every roller coaster at universal has free lockers and most have metal detectors & requires that you cannot have ANY loose items. I’m happy the lockers don’t cost extra anymore but it’s a little annoying not having your phone for the entire queue on hulk for example. But I think they have a great setup on VelociCoaster with the lockers being like right before the ride & being double sided so it’s super quick to load and unload.
It seems like they also have cameras throughout the restricted areas now and the cameras seem to continuously cycle in the control room (as far as I’ve seen while loading) and if the cameras see a person it must alert the control room & show the camera or the operator is very attentive because as soon as someone goes over a fence even a little bit (to take a picture) they emergency stop the ride within seconds, which is completely understandable and a good thing to prevent harm but also a bit annoying as a rider. It seems sea world/busch gardens have the same setup as well, they let us stay on the ride and ran it again thankfully. I assume Disney has the same setup but I haven’t been there in ages.
@@Lazy2332 the same guests who complain about having to use lockers are the ones most likely to try filming out of pocket at the last minute or worse; trying to film a influencer episode while in line or in the station.
When you lose your mind from losing your keys
I feel so bad for the family..RIP.
For the family I do for him not so much.
So eerie! I was just there last weekend. It’s such a tragedy when accidents happen at amusement parks. My heart does go out to the guy that was injured but in all fairness he caused his own injuries and possibly his own life… I hope not.. I hope he makes a full recovery. Last year I lost a pair of designer sunglasses at Six Flags Magic Mountain while riding Full Throttle. I was told the same thing. I would have to wait for the park to close before anything could be done and if the sunglasses could be spotted they would be sent to lost and found. I actually went to lost and found and opened up a case. Well I never got my sunglasses back. A very expensive lesson to learn and highly frustrating at that. However it’s never worth your safety or your life to bypass restricted areas because you think you can find your things yourself and can avoid or outrun a multi ton vehicle traveling at over 60 miles an hour. I was there from out of town and if I lost my keys it definitely espoused have ruined my day but I wouldn’t have climbed fences to try and get my keys. The staff and other guests along with this man’s children are no don’t traumatized by the incident. It didn’t have to be this way. It may not be the parks fault but I can guarantee you this family will still try and get money out of Kings Island/Cedar Fairs. And they will end up paying some sort of ‘ go away” money to the family whether the man survives or not.
My heart goes out to the people in the first row of the coaster. I hope that none of them have any broken bones in their feet or legs. (It is easy to not realize some of these bones are broken until days later. Sometimes never realize it.) If they do have injuries that need treatment I hope that the person that jumped the fence is able to pay their medical expenses and any lost wages.
@@erniecolussy1705 as far as we know, no riders were injured. That’s a blessing and a miracle as far as I’m concerned. As for the man that got clipped by the roller coaster train.. he didn’t make it. He passed a couple of days after the incident. I was hoping he would recover even though I think he was an idiot moron for bypassing a restricted area and willy nilly started looking for his lost keys while there was an active moving train on the tracks.
The voice distorter is making the witness sound like Kylo Ren haha
Plot twist... it's the only work he could find after The Last Jedi tanked Star Wars.
“I will show you the dark ride”
@OGStarlightKY 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The only ones I feel bad for is the family members of the stupid people that do this and I think we all remember the Raptor incident. When I seen the title of this video I slapped my forehead and was like "Not another stupid person." Also, my main concern is did his two kids see it happen?
my concern is for the living people affected by this. i think the loss of human life should be avoided at all cost but… this guy should’ve thought about his actions for more than three seconds.
And this is exactly how having a "customer is always right" mentality is wrong. This man thought he was smarter than the employees and that he could just do whatever he wanted. Restricted is restricted for a reason.
His poor kids ❤
He was frustrated and wanted to get his young kids home. That was unwise but I hate that he lost his life and the kids lost their father.
Congratulations on your well-earned Darwin Award, dude! 🥳🎉🎊
He had kids, by definition he's not qualified for a Darwin Award.
When I worked at an amusement park we had a coaster with a relatively small footprint. If a guest said they lost an item inside of the roller coaster perimeter, we would notify the foreman who would communicate with ride ops and ask for a momentary pause so a maintenance person could go retrieve it. I don't know what the protocol would be for a larger coaster but I'm not surprised the guest was told to wait until the end of the operating day. That being said, it's never never never a good idea to jump barriers around a functioning amusement park ride.
Inverted coasters present a challenge similar to trains. A train is several feet wider than the rails (about 3' on each side, sometimes more for wide loads). Folks who have never paid attention to that sometimes get hit by trains because they think everything is okay as long as they're not standing on the rails/ties. It's even less intuitive to someone trespassing in an inverted coaster's space that they're in its path. I wouldn't call it a design flaw, but it's certainly a peculiarity. There aren't as many new inverted coasters being built these days, but I'm sure each new design starts with a debate of just how close they'll get to the ground and, thus, any trespassers.
Park not liable if he climbed fences during ride use.
Yeppers he hopped several fences and ignored several warning signs after all
Hope the keys were worth it. Also lol @ Local12’s misleading clickbait title. It should be “impatient idiot goes into restricted area and gets hit by easily avoidable object thats stuck on a track”
Banshee roller coaster is in the exact same spot where Son of Beast used to be.
Bet he didn't find his keys
Probably dropped them again after getting hit. 😂
This is exactly like the 2015 Raptor incident at Cedar Point.
raptor is my favorite coaster there and i still think of that incident when i ride it.
Worked the Manta coaster, this scenario was always on my mind. You won't get much sympathy from me when guests insist on ignoring every warning and opportunity and yet still come and tell us they lost their phone or keys.
I get it. It was definitely his fault, but why are people bashing him so hard in the comments? A life was lost, one way or another, and his family is mourning. I can't imagine going online as someone from his family and just seeing so many comments calling him stupid, ect. That would be so horrible.
BREAKING | Man struck by the Banshee roller coaster at Kings Island has passed away, according to his aunt on Facebook.
He was identified as 38-year-old Arntanaro Nelson of Wilmington, Ohio.
She said he was hit in the head while searching for his keys in a restricted area after they had fallen from his pocket.
His poor kids
That's sad!
All because he wanted his keys, the signed warned him. If I was him I would ask the park about it, not risk my life
@@akenjah it's not sad at all. The guy was an idiot and paid for it with his life.
@pedanticmrpender He may have been an idiot, but its still sad two children saw their father die.
Thank god the Banshee crew doesn't have to work. Raptor crew in 2015 were forced to work the ride the very next day, awful.
That’s bc next to Disneyland/world, Cedar Point is the greediest park around 🤑
I’ve been to both parks and you can just tell that the employees at Kings Island are treated a lot better. They are a lot happier and more respectful. Always ask if it’s okay if they have to push down your lap bar as opposed to cedar point who just smooshes your stomach so you can’t breathe the entire ride lol 😂 took me off guard the first time I was there
The fact that I was on that same ride not even 20 minutes before this happened.. 😨😶
My heart in sympathy goes out to Nelson and his family...despite he was trying to get his keys.. it cost him his life...🙏 for that family
The employees did everything right. This man put his impatience over his life.
It was reported that the man died of his injuries. The first thing he should of done was to go to customer relations and explain the situation. If he couldn't get the keys right away, he should call someone to get a ride to wherever he was staying. Sometimes people react instead of thinking things through, sad but true.
I remember being a kid and seeing a restricted area right by a roller coaster. Being a kid, I didn’t understand why it was restricted. After hearing similar stories to this one, now I understand
Bad judgement, yes, but let's consider the family's feelings. Prayers going out to the family.
We are surrounded by stupid and entitled people in this country. It is ridiculous the attitudes that people carry.
That guy caused more than just damage to himself for being an idiot, but imagine the emotional trauma to the riders, especially the ones near the front who ended up experiencing the brunt of the ride hitting the guy. That’s not fair to them and wish them well because gosh that’s just something out of a horror movie or something… 🤦🏽♀️
I always keep my keys in a locker, zero fault of Kings Island, is he not aware a person was beheaded at Six Flags Over Texas for doing the same thing at the Batman ride?
I hate when people get comfortable and act like they own the place
Terrible for this man’s family. Terrible for those few riders who saw and felt the impact. They will never get over that. I’m 60 and live in SE MI. When we were kids, my parents took us, every year, to Cedar Point and a few times to Kings Island. Even as a kid, you know not to go over the barriers that have clear signage. They also note that if you lost something to let staff know. He had to be drunk, there’s no other excuse but still very sad
I don’t think he was drunk just impatient. If he would have waited he would have gotten his key but would have had to deal with all the traffic.
Dude got his head coaster kicked off.
Reminds me of another rollercoaster accident I heard about in a video. It was pretty much the same thing that happened. A guy dropped his hat, climbed into the restricted area, and got decapitated by the rollercoaster vehicle.
@@brianorozco1074batman ride
This happened at cedar point a long time ago to when the sign says do not climb the fence then don't do it if you lose something then it's on you and you will not get it back until the park is closed
Poor guy and his family. Don’t know what created the urgency to leave but now his incident will serve as another precautionary tale that I hope people will learn from. Prayers for the family who went to an amusement park to have fun and now have to plan a funeral because of a mistake.
The park should sue the guest for lost revenue due to the ride being down.
That doesn't make any sense. You don't pay to ride, you pay to enter the park and then you can ride whatever you want. They have about a dozen other coasters. They didn't lose any revenue from 1 ride being closed that day. Don't comment if you have literally no clue at all what you're talking about.
@@crupt1023 you have the reasoning skills of someone who would walk into the path of an active roller coaster.
@@bakedandsalty9234 How do you establish which ticket sales were lost due to the ride being closed?
@@bakedandsalty9234 That statement means nothing coming from someone with an IQ of 5
that wouldn't hold up, not that cedar fair even needs to harass a grieving family for money when they already have so much of it
God damn it, people, secure your loose items. And don't jump the fence.
Exactly.
Darwin award winner
I know of at least one person who was killed trying to retrieve a lost item while a coaster was still operating.
People just don't learn.
This same situation happened at Six Flags a few years back when a young scholar sneaked into a restricted area to retrieve his baseball cap and the coaster came along and knocked his head off.
I only live about five miles from Kings Island my son has a season pass there and told me about this a couple days ago the guy who went in got decapitated by the ride when he was trying to get the keys
I'm this man's age and I ALWAYS get a locker when I go to a park like this. Yes, it costs money, but I can keep extra clothes (water rides are brutal lol), my keys, and anything else I don't want wet or at risk.
1000 % not parks falt
Ive been to Kings Island many times since inwas a kid. I'm 54 years old. I've rode everything there many times through the years. I'm still alive. Know why? I have never done anything stupid there on a ride or been in restricted areas.
Bruh this has happened before at six flags over georgia in 2008
Ya batman ride. Someones leg knocked his head off. Idk if california one or georgia one
The same thing happened to me. Except it was my iPhone. They said you have to come back the next day. At Carowinds.
If the family sues the park can the people the man injured when their legs struck him sue him for pain & suffering? They will never forget it.
I pray he’ll be alright.🙏
He died the next day from his injuries.
Praying doesn't do anything.
Really this guy had kids with him and decided to do this stupid sh*t?! What a role model
THIS ISNT EVEN THE FIRST TIME SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENEDDDDD
One of the only things the park could have done different is having cameras monitoring the restricted areas and when detecting a person it would show the camera in the control room. Parks in Orlando do this and it’s really annoying when someone goes over a fence to take a picture because they immediately stop the ride in its tracks and security escorts them out of the park but it takes a little bit for that to happen & get the ride reset properly, thankfully most of the time they’ll let you stay on the ride or they’ll unload, reset, and put you right back on.
The only other thing that would have prevented this is providing lockers and requiring that your pockets be empty before getting on the ride (go through medal detectors). Universal has done this on their roller coaster rides & it’s eliminated the lost item problem entirely. It’s important that the lockers are free on optional pocket emptying rides as well because more people will use them.
Obviously he is at fault for ignoring common sense, jumping fences and ignoring warning signs and being unaware of his surroundings (like the train coming at him), but these two thing are the only sure fire things that could have prevented this.
The guy passed away two days ago.
Thank you for the update.
Is there any updated information on the injuries of the passengers in the first row? It had to be a very hard impact on their feet and lower legs.
Thank you for the update.
Is there any updated information on the injuries of the passengers in the first row? It had to be a very hard impact on their feet and lower legs.
Thank you for the update.
Is there any updated information on the injuries of the passengers in the first row? It had to be a very hard impact on their feet and lower legs.
Kings Island is definitely not at fault for this.
Despite the fences and signs designed to keep this guy alive…. He found a way. Truly earned his Darwin Award. Thoughts to those who love him.
His own fault
There was a guy who lost his hat on a ride in Atlanta. He jumped a fence or two to go get it. He lost his head. The guy should be happy he lived through it. The park should sue him to be honest.
Happened in the 2000's at six flags over georgia. Kid on a youth retreat went over for his hat at the batman ride and got his head kicked off.
If I recall, Superman literally decapitated a boy because he was in a restricted dangerous area. Those signs are there for a reason, and the areas are always well cordoned off. The park nor the ride should be held responsible for a guest’s willful negligence and stupidity.
Banshee is a great ride and I’d hate to see it decommissioned because of one reckless person
Batman
Sometimes being patient is better than basically losing your life over lost keys. I feel bad for his kids :(
How did his phone even get over the fence
I was in the park when this happened seen all the paramedics rushing back to the ride
This was eerily similar to a 2015 incident at Cedar Point (owned by the same company as King's Island) where a 37-year-old man who rode the Raptor was struck and killed by a passing coaster upon attempting to retrieve his lost phone. And since this guy has died too, he can claim his Darwin Award.
He was in such a rush to get home and now look at him, still not home.
The boldness of this guy to even jump the fence. I'm pretty that's illegal.
It's definitely trespassing at the least.
What’s the name of the roller coaster that hit something? I’m not sure if I rode it before or not in 1991 and 1994.
It has been that long since you have been there? Haha a lot has changed. No you didn't ride Banshee in the 90's, the coaster is only a few years old
@@crupt1023 that’s right. It’s been a long time. Yeah I noticed on king’s island map. A lot of changes. Wow. I’m wondering when you were entering and did someone the crew takes picture of you and other? My ex husband and I were entering then the guy who worked there and asked us do you want to take picture? So we did then later end of the day. We picked it up our picture with small thing that you can see through inside our picture. I still have it and also the other one with my friends together too. Let me know if you understand what I mean or explain. I hope you get it. I missed king’s island.
All he had to do was calm down for a moment and call someone.
That’s why they have lockers put your keys and phone away
This happened at a different park where a guy went to retrieve his hat and his head was kicked off.
Old school alternative is get a valet key for your car and put it in your billfold/wallet. If you lose your normal key set, you have a no-frills back up to at least drive your car and get home.
When being a Karen becomes deadly....
I'm always very careful with my keys, making sure they are secured whether I'm hiking, boating, on rides or whatever. Secure your stuff!
The park should not be responsible!
can someone tell me when in the video he got hit
It isn't a video of him being hit, it is a news segment. You been huffing paint or something?