Girl's feet severed on ride

[CCDoug]

More reason for me not to go on these rides

(CNN) -- A girl's feet were cut off Thursday when a free-fall thrill ride malfunctioned at the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Amusement Park in Louisville, Kentucky, police said.

A cord wrapped around the 16-year-old's feet and severed them at her ankles while she was on the "Superman Tower of Power," a police dispatcher said. The girl was taken to a local hospital.

An unidentified witness told CNN affiliate WLKY she saw a cable on the ride snap.

"The people on the ride just came and hit the ground," she said. "When I got up there, the lady she was just sitting there, and she didn't have no legs. ... And she was just there, calm, probably in shock from everything."

"That could have been all of us -- riding that ride," witness Whitney Sandfer told CNN affiliate WDRB/WMYO.

The incident took place shortly before 5 p.m. ET, according to Six Flags spokeswoman Wendy Goldberg. The park remained open, but the ride in question was shut down and will remain so until the full investigation is complete, Goldberg said.

During the ride, passengers are lifted to 177 feet, suspended momentarily and then dropped, according to the park's Web site.

Passengers drop 154 feet at 54 mph, stopping "just 20 terrifying feet above the pavement," it adds.

"I seen the car go up. Then, like, the cable broke, I heard -- pwchh -- and I heard a lot of people screaming," Chris Stinnett, who was at a ride next to the Superman Tower of Power, told WDRB/WMYO.

"The cable went under the car -- and I seen it pull up and hit a lot of people -- and I seen them bring their legs up," Stinnett said.

The ride was introduced in 1995.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/21/six...ent/index.html

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[sirkakashi08]

that was terrible, man!

[TL]

must be nice to know that you'll own a sixflags before your 18th birthday.

[shemale]

Originally Posted by Crawfish

must be nice to know that you'll own a sixflags before your 18th birthday.

Wouldn't that be nice, to "run" through the park all day without the need to "stand" in line.

[ADL_SusieQ]

Oh damn!....

[EasterBunny]

must be nice to know that you'll own a sixflags before your 18th birthday.

Legs.....Six flags.......I'll take legs thanks

See stuff like that makes going on rides TRULY scary! Normally your body tells you your going to get hurt until you accept its a ride and its built with safety in mind.....

....then you hear a story like this and you cant calm yourself down

[CCDoug]

Originally Posted by EasterBunny

Legs.....Six flags.......I'll take legs thanks

See stuff like that makes going on rides TRULY scary! Normally your body tells you your going to get hurt until you accept its a ride and its built with safety in mind.....

....then you hear a story like this and you cant calm yourself down

You took the words right out of my mouth!

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[Bedtime Stories]

I think I'm going to stick with Mr. Toad's Wild Ride in the future.

[DutchTeenCash]

hope her bf doesnt have a footfetish

[ScreaM]

holy shit that was horrible.

[Dupont]

Damn that is horrible