Lasitter smelled burning flesh when her feet were severed in Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom accident

Posted | Contributed by Jason Hammond

A teenager whose feet were severed last summer in an amusement park ride accident said in a court filing she remembers cables whipping against her body, a burning odor, and a fear that she might not survive. Kaitlyn Lasitter, then 13, said she felt like her whole body was hot and on fire.

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Here's the full deposition on The Courier-Journal.

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Yeah, not much I can possibly add... it just seems beyond possible that the cables could have gotten that loose and smacked around without making enough noise that someone would have just instinctively smacked E-stop.

The more I read about this case the more I tilt towards operator negligence.

-Esch

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