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Woman killed on rollercoaster fell from her carriage, police confirm Investigation centres on safety bar in women's rollercoaster death
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A police sergeant has confirmed that a woman who died on a rollercoaster at an amusement park in Texas fell from the ride, as questions continued over whether she was properly secured in her carriage. A German roller coaster maker is sending officials to a Texas amusement park to inspect a ride after a woman fell to her death.
Sergeant Christopher Cook told the Associated Press on Saturday that there appeared to be no foul play in the death at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. Tobias Lindnar, a project manager for Gerstlauer Amusement Rides, told the Dallas Morning News the company would investigate what led to Friday's fatal accident at Six Flags Over Texas.
Police, fire and emergency medical services were called to the park around 6.45pm on Friday after the woman fell from the Texas Giant, the tallest steel-hybrid coaster in the world. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses said the woman, named by the newspaper as Rosy Esparza, expressed concern about the Texas Giant roller coaster's safety bar not completely engaging as the ride was starting. The coaster is touted as the tallest steel-hybrid roller coaster in the world.
The Texas Giant ride reaches 14 storeys high, drops 79 degrees and banks 95 degrees. "I'm sure there's no safety bar that is broken," Lindnar told the newspaper by phone on Saturday night from Germany.
Park spokeswoman Sharon Parker said: "We are committed to determining the cause of this tragic accident and will utilise every resource throughout this process. It would be a disservice to the family to speculate regarding what transpired." Lindnar said Gerstlauer had never had problems with car safety bars on any of the roughly 50 roller coasters it had built around the world over the past 30 years.
"We will be on site, and we will see what has happened," he said.
A police sergeant confirmed that the woman fell from the ride. Sergeant Christopher Cook told the Associated Press on Saturday there appeared to be no foul play in the death.
Police, fire and emergency medical services were called to the park about 6.45pm on Friday after the woman fell from the Texas Giant. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Carmen Brown told the Dallas Morning News she had been waiting in line to get on the ride when the accident happened and saw the woman being strapped in. "One of the employees from the park, one of the ladies, she asked her to click [the safety bar] more than once, and they were like, 'As long you heard it click you're OK.'Carmen Brown told the Dallas Morning News she had been waiting in line to get on the ride when the accident happened and saw the woman being strapped in. "One of the employees from the park, one of the ladies, she asked her to click [the safety bar] more than once, and they were like, 'As long you heard it click you're OK.'
"Everybody else is like, 'Click, click, click.' Hers only clicked once. Hers was the only one that went down once and she didn't feel safe but they let her still get on the ride.""Everybody else is like, 'Click, click, click.' Hers only clicked once. Hers was the only one that went down once and she didn't feel safe but they let her still get on the ride."
Six Flags said the ride was closed as the investigation continued and a concert scheduled for Saturday was cancelled.Six Flags said the ride was closed as the investigation continued and a concert scheduled for Saturday was cancelled.
When the car that the woman had been riding in returned to the loading zone, two people got out and were visibly upset, Rockwell resident John Putman told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.When the car that the woman had been riding in returned to the loading zone, two people got out and were visibly upset, Rockwell resident John Putman told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
"They were screaming, 'My mom! My mom! Let us out, we need to go get her!'" Putman told the newspaper."They were screaming, 'My mom! My mom! Let us out, we need to go get her!'" Putman told the newspaper.
The Texas Giant ride reaches 14 storeys high, drops 79 degrees and banks 95 degrees.
Park spokeswoman Sharon Parker said: "We are committed to determining the cause of this tragic accident and will utilise every resource throughout this process. It would be a disservice to the family to speculate regarding what transpired."
In a separate case in Ohio a thrill ride boat accidentally rolled backward down a hill and flipped over in water, injuring all seven people on it. Operators stopped the Shoot the Rapids water ride after the accident, said officials with Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio.In a separate case in Ohio a thrill ride boat accidentally rolled backward down a hill and flipped over in water, injuring all seven people on it. Operators stopped the Shoot the Rapids water ride after the accident, said officials with Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio.
The seven people were treated either on the scene or at hospital and released. The ride was being kept closed while the park and authorities carried out an investigation.The seven people were treated either on the scene or at hospital and released. The ride was being kept closed while the park and authorities carried out an investigation.
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