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

Ride of Steel

In July 2011, U.S. war veteran James Hackemer, who had lost both his legs in a bombing during the Iraq War, fell to his death from the Ride of Steel at Darien Lake, a Superman-themed amusement park in New York. The ride initially closed down, but it was reopened after his death was determined to be a result of operator error; Hackemer should not have been allowed to enter the rollercoaster in the first place due to his physical condition.

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