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Credit: PubityAnyone who liked watching horror movies in the early 2000’s likely developed a collective fear of roller coasters after Final Destination 3 began with a carnival coaster gone wrong. In the film, the coaster flies off the tracks, killing a majority of riders, and cursing those who lived with gruesome deaths that occur throughout the film.
Now, one carnival ride in Chile nearly suffered the same fate.
Popular social media account Pubity shared a video of the carnival ride called Montana Dragon. In the video, we can see two people riding the coaster together, with one rider in the front seat and another behind her. The two are seen waving to a camera that is filming them from just outside the coaster just as the coaster is meant to move backwards into its final position.
Instead of each ride vehicle collectively moving forward and beginning its journey, the head of the car locked into place backwards while the rest of the coaster ripped off the hinges, jolting backwards into the exit area. The two riders who were once smiling then had fear on their face.
You can watch the video below.
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In the end, the workers at the carnival went to go assist the woman off of the ride. After debating on what they should do, it appears that a ladder seemed like the best solution to unload the guest who was stuck. Luckily, the ride seemed to not be a thrill coaster, and the area in which she had to be evacuated from was not too high up.
Within the comment section of the video, viewers have been sharing their shock of what happened. “This is the reason why I don’t get on rides. Especially at the State Fair,” said one viewer. Another wrote, “New final destination movie trailer just dropped”. Many of the comments highlighted the fact that there was a lot of hysterical laughing from the guests filming and noted that it was not appropriate as the situation was anything but funny, “The laughing behind those taking the video is not cool”.
Others blamed the woman for riding the coaster, noting that it is a kid ride and not meant to pull adult body weight, “Ma’am this is a children’s ride. No wonder it broke, it’s all adults, and the dragon couldn’t pull the weight.” That being said, if there was a weight or size limit, that is something that the workers should have outlined before the guests got on, as she was not the only adult on the coaster.
If the ride detached midway during the coaster ride, the experience could have been a lot more grim, with the possibility of the coaster being knocked off the track.
Instances like this are sadly much more common that one may think, just days ago we reported on, “An official investigation that concluded this week, more than a year after a man was thrown from the Treetops Roller Coaster at Oakwood Theme Park. The father was airlifted from the South Wales theme park and faced critical injuries.” This summer, at the Canadian National Exhibition, a rider was ejected from a ride vehicle, hitting their head. Just last week, 14 guests were left injured after a tree fell onto a roller coaster, and these are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to theme park injuries.
Thankfully, it appears that the guest on Montana Dragon was able to exit the attraction without any physical body harm.
What do you think about this theme park accident?