8 DEAD on roller coaster?

Has anyone one else heard of the coaster crash in Iran the other day that killed 8 people, it was on the 911 amusement accident site.
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Army rangers lead the way

Yea I did hear about that in the paper I think it was - it said that they don't have any regulation

What's the URL for that 911 amusement accident web site?

Thanks
Curtis

Amusement Ride Accident Reports and News:
http://members.aol.com/rides911/accidents.htm
Great site, very comprehensive and unbiased!

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Po!nt of View: A different look at Roller Coasters.
http://www.crosswinds.net/~justmayntz/thrills/

thats bad what happened but the "Thrills become chills at Six Flags" makes me sick. just read

But Derbyshire-Myles still couldn't tighten his seat belt. Sullivan kept nagging him, but the belt wouldn't budge.

"Are you scared this thing is going to break and kill us?" Derbyshire-Myles asked.

BANG!

The car lurched forward and stopped. The two friends turned to each other: What was that?

The loading area, where dozens of people were waiting excitedly to ride the roller coaster, went silent. The humid air was filled with an acrid smell, like that of an overheated automotive clutch. The ride's attendant shouted into a walkie-talkie. Somewhere behind Derbyshire-Myles and Sullivan, a woman screamed. Then more people started yelling.

"Oh my God, someone is bleeding."

Sullivan turned around in his seat and saw that another train had rear-ended theirs.

In the rear train, about four cars back, Sullivan could see his girlfriend, Alexis Percival, of West Greenwich. Her face was covered in blood.

The group of eight friends went to the amusement park on Monday seeking one thing: a trip on the Ride of Steel, the mother of all roller coasters.

With a top speed of 80 mph and peak of 208 feet, the Superman ride was rated by ParkWorld magazine as "the #1 roller-coaster on the planet."

how does 208 ft equal 80 mph. The fasest any SRoS can go is 74 mph. Thats the fastest. This site is also acting like it crashed at 80 mph, not about 5mph. This is bad journalism

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HurricaneGeauga- Just in case

I'm pretty sure the drop on S:ROS@SFNE goes partially underground. I think the first drop length is about 225, hitting 80mph just like Steel Phantom/PR & desparado
jeremy

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"Nobody writes about the planes that land." Steve Salerno Washington Times 7-10-01

CrystalKat said:
"Amusement Ride Accident Reports and News:
http://members.aol.com/rides911/accidents.htm
Great site, very comprehensive and unbiased!"

I find that the 911 site does have a bias, though it is subtle. Certainly it is much more objective than what we hear in the main stream press, and it is the best archive of amusement ride accident information available.

A good example of this is the August 1999 death of a rider on Shockwave at Kings Dominion. The remaining archive includes the original report of the accident, and a follow up report indicating that the investigation is underway, and the park believes that the accidnt may have been caused by rider misconduct. It does not include the report from the time that the local authorities after the investigation concluded that the rider had died due to his own misconduct. This was based on the testimony of the rider next to the deceased that the deceased was engaged in horse play and had deliberately wiggled out of the safety restraints.

"Blood gushed from a gash in her forehead and onto her face. The 20 year-old University of Rhode Island senior had struck her head on the metal bar in front of her seat with such force that she dented the bar."
Oh My God. That almost makes me want to laugh! Yeah, just about every roller coaster contains that METAL bar withen hitting range of your head in every train. The things are padded, I mean come on. Denting it and still being alive is a joke.

That article is such bullcrap and just gives me one more reason to read Jeff's latest editorial. They make it seem like someone came in and started shooting the passengers for god's sake!

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Actually, if she was sitting in the front of one of the S:ROS cars then the metal bar in front of her would have been UNpadded. Only the grab bars for the rear seats have padding.
jeremy
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"Nobody writes about the planes that land." Steve Salerno Washington Times 7-10-01

As Mr. Mouse pointed out the paper noted that Iran doesn't have federal regulation of their rides. There's no way their slanted. No sir nothing but fair and balanced reporting here.

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"And then you say oh what a lovely tea party."
-Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

If she was in the front of one of the cars, there is no padding on tha handle bar. BUT, if you got thrown to that bar, that is so low and so far forward, it would have broken your spine anyway...Exaggeration is all it is...

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Certainly makes me feel safer about amusement parks here in the US. I won't go near rides at Carnivals and Fairs (even in the US) anyway - THOSE things are poorly regulated at best...

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rollergator - intent on improving the "guest experience" - coming soon to a park near you

I only found a small article on the Iran coaster accident that killed 8 people, here is the sight:

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,2565492%255E1702,00.html

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TITAN CRAZED!!

Maybe a terrorist attack? Maybe someone took the roller coaster movie a bit too literally...After all, the Middle East is a hot bed of terrorism right now...

gatorwoodie said:
"Certainly makes me feel safer about amusement parks here in the US. I won't go near rides at Carnivals and Fairs (even in the US) anyway - THOSE things are poorly regulated at best...

This is a bit off the topic but aren't carnival rides regulated and have to report all their accidents and stuff like that?
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"Roller Coaster favorite ride , let me kiss you one last time" Blink 182

HurricaneGeauga the first drop on SROS at SFNE is 221 ft. There is a tunnel at the bottom of the first drop that goes about 15ft underground. So 80mph is a possibility (I guess)