INSANE DROP TOWER ACCIDENT VIDEO!

Hey everybody!

I was browsing the web today and I found this insane accident video of a drop ride. It sounds like they're speaking Chinese or Japanese in the background. You can find it at http://ebaumsworld.com/videos/rollercoastertragedy.html

If anyone had any info on this, that would be great.

---Brent

I remember seeing this somewhere before. I believe it's actually a Japanese newscast, but that the accident might have been somewhere else.

That would be right. The accident occured almost 2 years ago, I believe.

My wife, who is indeed Japanese, says that 2 were seriously injured from the fall. The car was stuck at 27 meters, when they were evacuating it. Power was suddenly regained, and the car started dropping down. I guess their knockoff tower doesn't have an E-stop?

Dumb....

...and sad.

BUT, nobody died.

^ Just seriously injured. Thanks for the info, but do you know what park it is at?

---Brent

Whoa.

Mark "Isn't quite as shocking as the chair swings accident!" Luskus

So the S & S design is safer?

Not as much of an overhang to get caught up

Oh wow...that's gotta suck...have you guys seen the video of the chairswing thingy? r

Yeah the chairswing video was terrible... Can't believe some people find it entertaining to watch people get mutilated. (it being located on a non theme park site and all)

That chairswing looked painful.

OMG! I saw the ghost girl one, and literally screamed and ran into the living room. it was so scary.

I havn't seen the chairswing video, only have heard about it.

It's on www.ebaumsworld.com under the extreme videos.

Reyes"i hope that person is ok"Acosta

Wow...That's really unfortunate.

Scary is right! That's one evac gone horibly wrong!

It's definitely Japanese. My wife says that the park name isn't given, only descriptions of "scary roller coaster ride."

If it took place in Japan, I know one park here that had an accident involving a drop or shot tower. Space World in Kitakyushu. If this in fact is the park where it happened, I can definitely understand why the ride would never reopen based on the mentality of other rides here that have had accidents. From the angles shown it is possible as no other rides are visible and SW's tower is definitely isolated in the park. I wonder...

I saw that on Wimp.com

Is that the one with the Bulldozer trying to Catch

the person???

I'm pretty sure this incident happened at least a year ago, most likely longer. I seem to recall it happening in China or some other developing nation, and the tower in question, while it appears to be a Huss, is probably a knockoff.

If it's the case I'm thinking of, it seems to be a case of a ride that may not have been built to the major companies' manufacturing standards, along with a poorly executed evacuation. (Nobody locked out the ride? They didn't think to immobilize the ride vehicle in case something were to "give?")

Anyway, those are the fragments of details that I recall.

Yeah.. The tower is a Huss Shot-N-Drop tower....

And I had been waiting for this video to show op on TPR. It had beeen posted on Thrillnetwork last week... Im surprised it took so long getting here.

It was at a Japanese fair. The ride had got stuck and and power was still on (I think) when the cherrypickers went up. As they were in the process of going to unlock the restraints the gondola thingy because unstuck and slid down tipping the bucket thing over...

Why they weren't wearing safety belts incase they fell was beyond me though. I mean I thought Japan was very safety conscious.

I've seen this video beofre and it was a longer clip showing how the rescuers approaced the ride etc.

This video was from a different angle I think.

The tower was designed by a college professor, built it in-house, then sold it to an operator.