Curler coasters are designed to present riders the fun of hazard, however with out really placing anyone in concern of actual harm. Sadly, any attraction with so many transferring components is able to inflicting harm. Though most curler coaster accidents come from malfunctions. Just lately, we’ve seen two totally different lawsuits filed relating to severe head trauma from rides that have been, so far as is understood, working correctly.
Each coasts are beneath hearth, as one of many curler coasters is positioned at Common Studios Florida and the opposite will be discovered at Southern California’s Six Flags’ curler coaster flagship Magic Mountain.
Common Orlando Coaster Accused Of Damage Forward Of Removing
Earlier this month, a lawsuit was filed in Florida’s center district court docket in opposition to Common Orlando Resort on behalf of Yolian Velez and Eli Curbelo. Based on the grievance, throughout a go to to Common Studios Florida in 2024, Yolian Velez skilled the “violent actions of Hollywood Rip Trip Rickit which “precipitated (her) head to shake violently and strike forcefully in opposition to her seat’s headrest.” Instantly after getting off the experience, she allegedly skilled nausea, dizziness and photophobia in addition to ache in her head and neck.
Velez apparently requested medical consideration to her lodge room later and left the resort the following day. Upon returning to her native Puerto Rico, she was reportedly identified with traumatic mind harm and a number of disc accidents to her cervical backbone.
Rip Trip Rockit is actually an exhilarating curler coaster, arguably essentially the most “excessive” at Common Orlando Resort, at the least till the more moderen opening of Jurassic World Velocicoaster. Whereas the experience by no means technically inverts, it comes shut, and since there’s solely a lap bar used as a restraint, the expertise is usually a little a lot for some. It’s removed from my favourite experience on the resort.
No matter occurs with this lawsuit, Common Orlando received’t have to fret about Rip Trip Rockit for much longer. The attraction’s closure has already been introduced for later this 12 months. All indications have been that a completely new indoor curler coaster is ready to be constructed as an alternative.
Magic Mountain Coaster Allegedly Resulted In Rider’s Demise
Sadly, the state of affairs surrounding Rip Trip Rockit pales compared to the lawsuit that has been filed in opposition to Six Flags regarding an incident on the X2 coaster at Magic Mountain. On this case, it’s being claimed that accidents allegedly sustained on the experience led to a rider’s loss of life.
In 2022, Christopher Hawley rode the X2 coaster at Magic Mountain together with his brother and cousin. Based on The Los Angeles Instances, Hawley complained of ache and stumbled as he was exiting the attraction. He then collapsed and fell unconscious. Docs reportedly discovered “extreme” mind bleeding and the following day Hawley handed away. It’s claimed he was in good well being previous to the incident.
A wrongful loss of life lawsuit has been filed in opposition to Magic Mountain, which alleges negligence, a design defect and a failure to correctly warn riders of the risks concerned within the curler coaster.
Accidents on curler coasters usually are not unusual, although the accidents alleged listed below are way more extreme than most. Past each sights being curler coasters, the truth that each these tales got here across the identical time is only a wild coincidence. Each coasters are very totally different designs from totally different producers, although each have been round for properly over a decade.
Hopefully if there really are risks right here, they are often addressed, as no person desires to see anyone really get harm on curler coasters.