Police have reported that a teenage girl riding a Universal Orlando amusement park ride suffered burns after an electronic cigarette belonging to another rider exploded and shot a fireball at her. Police believe that the 14-year-old girl from Tennessee was riding the Hogwarts Express train Saturday with her family when…
A boy has fallen from a classic wooden roller coaster at a western Pennsylvania amusement park. A spokesman for Idlewild and SoakZone amusement park says the child fell from the ride Thursday afternoon. A Westmoreland County emergency dispatcher says the child was conscious and airlifted to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh,…
A 10-year-old boy was decapitated as he rode a 168-foot tall waterslide at a waterpark in Kansas Sunday. The boy was decapitated on the “Verruckt” raft ride at the Schlitterbahn WaterPark in Kansas City, Kansas. The boy was in a raft with two women who were not related to him…
A 2-year-old boy was snatched off the beach by an alligator on Wednesday at a Disney World Resort. His body was recovered around 3:30 today. The body was taken to Orange County Medical Examiner’s Office. It is believed that the gator drowned the boy. The 7- to 8-foot reptile grabbed…
Sheikra is back open at Busch Gardens in Tampa after the roller coaster stopped Thursday with 64 passengers on board. The roller coaster reopened to riders at the amusement park Monday morning, park officials announced. Just before 6 p.m. Thursday, the ride stopped, stranding 64 riders 200 feet up in…
A 3-year-old boy drowned Tuesday night at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, according to deputies. The call came in around 8 p.m. to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies claim the boy got separated from his parents and drowned in the pool. He was transported to Celebration Hospital, where he…
Orlando Eye officials have confirmed that the ride was officially re-opened, almost 24 hours after it was shut down. Officials said that after conducting a thorough inspection, technicians were able to resolve the default that monitors the wheel’s position. According to reports, some passengers were stuck on board the Orlando…
During the first three months of 2015, three people felt seriously ill after riding Harry Potter & the Forbidden Journey at Universal Orlando. According to a quarterly theme-park injury report submitted to the state of Florida, Walt Disney World reported six injuries and Universal reported seven. There were no reported…
Two Disney World visitors died late last year after riding two of the resort’s tamer rides, according to a state report issued Wednesday. In one of the incidents, a 22-year-old woman with a pre-existing condition, lost consciousness after riding It’s A Small World on Christmas Day. She then passed away.…
A 20-year-old Seminole woman visiting Busch Gardens was hit by a stray bullet fired into the air during New Year’s Eve celebrations Wednesday night, according to police. According to Tampa police, the woman was sitting in the Gwazi Pavilion area around 11:50 p.m. when she felt pain in her lower…