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

Wild Wonder

A witness described the tragic event that occurred in 1999 when 39-year-old Kimberly Bailey and her daughter were killed on the Wild Wonder in Ocean City, New Jersey: “I saw two bodies fly, incredibly. It was a woman and a child. The woman slammed into a beam. The child just flew. I knew right away they had to be dead.” When the coaster reached the peak of its ascent, a chain detached prematurely and the car rolled backward.

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