A girl's feet were cut off Thursday when a free-fall thrill ride malfunctioned at the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Amusement Park in Louisville, Kentucky, police said.
A cord wrapped around the 16-year-old's feet and severed them at her ankles while she was on the "Superman Tower of Power," a police dispatcher said. The girl was taken to a local hospital.
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A free fall ride - a cable snapped and wrapped around her but it was stationary - so when the ride drops and gravity takes over, her feet and yanked upwards and of course they must come off. The force of gravity is too great.
A girl's feet were cut off Thursday when a free-fall thrill ride malfunctioned at the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Amusement Park in Louisville, Kentucky, police said.
A cord wrapped around the 16-year-old's feet and severed them at her ankles while she was on the "Superman Tower of Power," a police dispatcher said. The girl was taken to a local hospital.
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A free fall ride - a cable snapped and wrapped around her but it (the cable) was stationary - so when the ride drops and gravity takes over, her feet are yanked upwards and of course they must come off. The force of gravity is too great.
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