FILE - The Haunted Mine Drop is shown in this July 2017 file photo at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs, Colo. A report from Colorado state investigators, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, says a 6-year-old girl who died in a fall from a theme park ride over Labor Day weekend wasn’t wearing the ride seatbelts, and operators of the vertical drop ride didn’t properly check the restraints.
DENVER, Colo. — A 6-year-old Colorado girl who died in a fall from a theme park ride this month wasn’t wearing the seat belts, and operators of the vertical drop ride didn’t properly check the restraints before allowing it to begin, according to a report from state investigators. Investigators found the child was sitting on the two seat belts instead of wearing them across her lap, and two newly hired operators never noticed despite doing checks. Investigators also found that an alarm system warned of a problem, but one of the workers reset the system and started the ride because they weren’t trained well enough to know what to do about it.
When the alarm went off, one operator went back to double-check the rods and saw they were properly affixed, and a second operator then unlocked the rods and reinserted them. The workers failed to understand that the child wasn’t wearing the seat belts across her lap, according to the report. The alarm was reset and the ride began.
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So sad , it appears the ride attendants or operator are lacking ride safety training.
I mean, you should definitely check to make sure your kid is secure on a coaster. The workers should’ve also rechecked belts when the alarm went off. Manslaughter for everyone imo.
Thought they were meant to be checked before the ride starts
Shut them down !
Can’t imagine why on earth is a six year old is on this ride to begin with!! She’s six..she doesn’t know if she’s strapped in the right way. Why is she on the ride to begin with. This is so sad, that poor baby❤️Heartbreaking😔
The park will pay money for the child via insurance I’m sure but the idiot parents who let her ride it will live with the fact they killed their child with their lack of actions. There are signs that tell height n or weight restrictions on rides.
So the employee wasn't trained on what to with the alarm, but they were trained on how to turn it off? 🤔
Disney “pull on the yellow straps” lifesaver
God Bless That Child And Her Family.That Is Very Sad.
Trillions of indigenous people die every year on rollercoasters and you never hear anything. But one white 6 year old girl does and you never hear the end of it! racism
Read it & I think there's mutual fault here especially the park for not training their operators appropriately & considering this kind of ride I think the parents should've ***check & double check*** their 6-year old girl seat belts...
The system should be programmed to shut down/inoperable until the problem is resolved. Just having a manually operated reset button nullifies the purpose of the alatm. After it was reset, it should have triggered again because the problem was not resolved.
The Parck is responsible. Peridot
As a parent who rode with his kids on many a ride, I would check, and recheck their restraints. 🤷♂️
WAS SHE ALONE, OR WITH SOMEONE
Click it or ticket!
Jesus..
There should have been one experienced operator and one trainee, not two trainees. The park is gonna pay out the nose for this and rightfully so.
She pulled the tail flap across her to make it look like she was buckled in when she wasn't, by the way, for anyone who wants to blame the workers for not noticing.
Fired
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