Xcelerator Accident

[1FoolishMortal]

^ Well that's very interesting. 2 days in the hospital for a cut leg? IMO, something seems fishy.

[DisWiz]

Interesting to note the signature of one of the comments above...

B&M, a competitior to Intamin... I would take those comments with a major grain of salt!

Are you talking about the post I quoted from TPR?

That's just his screen name, he's from Compton so it would make perfect sense that he could easily work at Knott's. I put that at the bottom so credit would go to him for writing that.


Darkbeer, you said you've been on launches that haven't cleared the top hat. Do you remember, does the train come back to the station slowly before finally getting stopped by the tires in the station?

If I remember when I was there 4 weeks ago, (first time) the train has to clear the top hat before the second train will move into the station.

[WallyBoag]

^ Well that's very interesting. 2 days in the hospital for a cut leg? IMO, something seems fishy.

If you watch the video, you see the boy's seat gets dislodged, he looks down at his feet, and he looks like he is in a lot of pain. My guess is that the cable didn't cut him, but that something bent and crushed his foot against the lap bar or vehicle frame.

[1FoolishMortal]

^ I don't enjoy watching videos like that, so I'll take your word for it. The article even said the boy and his father experienced "moderate" injuries, which to me falls into the category of something more than just a scratch.

[cinder]

The video isn't that bad, 1Foolish, in fact you wouldn't know something was occurring if you hadn't read it.

From the face of the father (or the individual next to him), it's clear something is wrong with the lower extremities of the boy and they want out NOW.

They could have kept him in the hospital due to fear of an infection, perhaps the cut went across a major artery (femoral, anyone?)...there are a lot of issues that could have arisen.

[LoLoAndStitch]

i'm so glad there's no audio on that vid

[PirateGuy 815]

Me too. That would have been horrific if there was.