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

Flight Commander

On June 9, 1991, a 32-year-old woman fell from an attraction called the Flight Commander at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. She died on impact. Astonishingly, just one hour earlier, two people were electrocuted to death after trying to rescue a man who fell into a pond at the very same park.

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