An accident at a Louisville amusement park ride Thursday in which a girl’s legs were severed has prompted officials at Kings Island to shut down its similar Drop Zone Stunt Tower ride.
A 13-year-old girl’s feet were severed above her ankles while on the popular Superman Tower of Power ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom.
The Kings Island Drop Zone ride is one of five across the country that will be shut down so the parent company can conduct a thorough inspection, Craig Ross, Cedar Fair LP vice president of marketing, said this morning.
The five rides in amusement parks Cedar Fair owns around the country were manufactured by the same firm as the ride at Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Ross said.
The Drop Zone ride at Kings Island “is similar, but not identical” to the ride at the Louisville amusement park, he said.
There’s no estimate on how long the Drop Zone ride will be closed.
“We won’t compromise the safety of our guests,” Ross said.
Ross noted that all Kings Island rides are inspected regularly. “We inspect every ride every day.”
The Drop Zone ride, which opened at Kings Island in 1999, is described as the world’s tallest gyro drop.
The ride spins riders around a 30-foot ring of 40 seats that encircles the drop tower to a height of more than 26 stories, and then drops guests in a 67 mph freefall.
More than 4.4 million riders have ridden the Drop Zone at Kings Island since 1999.
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