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

Willard’s Whizzer

Willard’s Whizzer was such a slow rollercoaster that it was actually built without safety constraints. However, in 1980, a teenager was stepping onto his train car when a second car rammed into the one he was boarding. The teen was thrown onto the tracks where he was crushed by the car. Eight others were injured.

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