Ninja partially derails at Six Flags Magic Mountain
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Ed. note: At the time of publication, the LA station was reporting four injuries. The site was streaming live helicopter video at 7:30 p.m. local time. What I saw was that the front bogie of the first car had derailed, and the car was loaded. Workers were securing the train's position with chains between the second bogie and the track. I saw the four people in the first car having a laugh about something as the workers were climbing above the track. It was difficult to see if the entire train was loaded, but I make the assumption that they would not attempt to evacuate the train without its position secured. -Jeff
Read more and possibly see video from KNBC/Los Angeles.
UPDATE: 7/9/14 More details of the derailment, caused by a fallen tree, from The LA Times.
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John Knotts
And now a word from our resident tree experts/designers...
Oh wait...
Rickrollercoaster
Talk about one hell of a log ride.
waynethexplorer
In regard to replacing the train I believe Vekoma makes a floorless train for these coasters, or they may just replace the cars?
sws
At least we know where Dorney's next addition will be coming from.
ApolloAndy
Vampire runs the floorless trains.
Hobbes: "What's the point of attaching a number to everything you do?"
Calvin: "If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun."
birdhombre
In light of this incident, Cedar Point is closing all of its trees as a precautionary measure.
Charles Nungester
SF finally found a way to make the Inverted Log Flume
Raven-Phile
birdhombre said:
In light of this incident, Cedar Point is closing all of its trees as a precautionary measure.
Um, they have to HAVE trees to be able close them... Remember when they ripped them all out? Duh.
birdhombre
If CP needs trees, maybe they can transplant the ones that have grown up inside the Big Dipper. :-|
Rickrollercoaster
I heard they're attaching chainsaws to the sides of the new trains.
sirloindude
If Cedar Point needed trees, they'd have them already.
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sws
I just read that Markey is demanding legislation requiring that all trees have seat belts installed.
waynethexplorer
Has anyone questioned the tree? Could have been intentional..
Raven-Phile
Word on the street is, the tree was trying to retrieve its lost hat.
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