These Gruesome Freak Accidents Will Make You Never Want to Go to an Amusement Park Again

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A 51-year-old man was sitting on the teacup ride in the middle of a fairground in 2015. The ride was being towed, causing the man to fall out of the teacup and hit his head. He suffered severe head trauma and did not survive.

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