Several people suffered injuries and five were hospitalized after a roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey malfunctioned at the end of the ride, the amusement park said.
The El Toro roller coaster had a minor accident around 7:30 p.m. Thursday, according to park officials. As the ride was coming toward its conclusion, something malfunctioned and caused multiple injuries to the passengers aboard at the time. Several people reported back pain, while five guests were taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. The coaster was shut down after the incident, which occurred just before the park was set to close at its usual time of 8 p.m., the park said.Stay informed about local news and weather. Get the NBC 4 New York app for
jimbcbs4 Amusement Park ride malfunction...scarier words never spoken
shame to see this happen, its one of my favorite rides
fuck roller coasters Ong
I'm never going to this park again. I cancelled my membership.
I never liked El Toro enough in the 1st place. I never liked that wooden ass, I’m average height still almost bumped my head ass, cramped seats havin ass, long lines for 30 seconds havin ass 😂🤣 CancelCulture doyourthing
“This is why I don’t trust wooden roller coasters”🤓🤓🤓
We’ll all I know is that when I went on that ride a few months ago i came out of it with a hurt neck and back from being thrown around so much
robertperal91 CON RAZÓN SALÍ TEMBLANDO!
This ride has not aged well at all. Please just send GCI in there at this point.
Probably because the people were ducking along with the G force because the ride lookslike it’s going to decapitate you. I kept ducking years ago and when I got off my back and neck were achy
L toro
El Toro Dinero
And this is why i don’t do rides
This is why we go to Ceder Point
Seriously didn’t anyone learn from final destination movies I’d never get a roller coaster NOPE I pray they’re okay
Bro el toro malfunctions every month at this point just let him retire 😭😭
is jags ok
This ride made me feel like I was gonna fall out of it. The bar never was tight enough on me to be secured lol I don’t go on it anymore
😭😭😭😭
El Toro is my favorite roller coaster at Six Flags too 😳
They just hit the lottery
I smell a future Defunctland episode in the coming year.
And yet millions of adverse affects reported on the mrna injections and nothing
This ride reminds me of the American Eagle ride in Gurnee’s Six Flags Great America location.
Soft that’s just normal for el toro
Ban roller coasters
The park isn’t what was years ago. Bad food, looks dirty and run down. Now they’re also raising prices without any updates to the park and games. Most all games are now closed and the ones that were open a lot of the stations were out of order/broken.
six flags is in there flop era
Flawlessdro 😳😳😳😳😳
That’s wild, but I have no regards for anything that isn’t within 100 miles of me
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..and this is why I stay off coasters..
Nitro is better
Last time in six flags new England in mass their wooden coaster in the corner spot had old bolts laying all over the place. Asked if maintenance they said that was last week. Bolts were missing/fell and they didn't even notice I left and didn't go back. 2009. Fk that nonsense.
SixFlags SFGrAdventure it’s extremely sad to see the beginning of the end of a great coaster.
j_kardashhh wasn’t you there
the way I almost convinced my friends to get on this with me two days ago…
Why can’t I ever catch a break like this … smh I need one these easy pay days man
milehigherjosh Literally just listened to the new Lights Out episode yesterday and then saw this today. Really is crazy how often this happens!
Whiplash is a biiiiiiiitch
Mike
Yeah im def done w amusement parks now lmao
American eagle in illinois failed inspection too
TERMIS4N
I remember when El Toro was Rolling Thunder. That coaster has been around for a LONG time.
I dislocated my shoulder reading this. The last wooden roller coaster I rode was el toro.
BarstoolFinance JPMorinChase took them off the radar at the right time 😂
But did they have their masks on?
When people tell me how safe roller coasters are, and I always says “that’s great, I’ll take pictures for you”, this is why. Hope everyone comes out of it feeling well.
This is one of the funnest rides yet the most hurtful ones! 🥴 I’m not surprised this happened at all!
I used to work there in high school that ride was always fucking up … they need to knock it down
Noooo that's favorite roller coaster the fear of it breaking down but still making it was such a thrill 😭😭🤣🤣🤣
El toro has always had issues, when I went on it my back was in a lot of pain so time to close it down
My kid was there Wednesday and came back with a very sore neck. Still can't look to his left.
GravSax
Bruh. Why everyone acting like el toro has spikes on it and a tiny rail that you have to pray wont break? Recently yea, it hasnt been maintained that well, but its definitely still a really great ride. This was probably just a problem with one of the millions of pieces of wood
Don't tell me they're removing the ride now?
Mess with the bull and you get the horns
I suffered a fractured knee back in 2008 from that ride. I hope the victims sue
Y’all gonna learn to stop getting on these wooden roller coasters… but that’s a check prolly
People have been dying on roller coasters for a very long time. When I was a young teen, 2 died on the Flying Fish ride in Crescent Park, (I actually live on the property now) when one of the flying fish actually flew off killing 2 teens. Yet fools still get on those rides
I'm down with them tearing down the ride as long as they rebuld That coaster is the reason I go to that park
N they wanna raise their prices lol
ThePerezHilton 🧵
Great Adventure out here trying to clout chase Action Park.
Prayers for all 🤲🤲🤲
Great. This really helps my campaign to get more friends to ride roller coasters.
TiCoCDC maalien1249
😬😳
dowellvest 👀👀👀
baddestindagame Omfg
This is why I was always cautious about going on this one. My prayers to everyone injured...
may GOD bless all 🙏 🙏 amen amen
i almost went on this last month but ended up backing out cause the batman ride caused me a massive headache cause my head kept hitting the inner sides of the chest restraints and gave me a massive headache. soo glad i didn't now. hoping those affected can recover quickly!!
SexiestBridge23
Did this replace Rolling Thunder? Riding that at night was fun years ago. Sounded like it was falling apart.
Yikes but you wanted a war against God. How's that going for everyone?
StrawHatEzell what I tell y’all about them rollercoaster 🎢🤦🏾♂️
This ride always been sus. Even 10 yrs ago when it was called TGARC.
12 people injured. 0 people surprised.
That does sound like a great adventure.
sounds like they had a great adventure
Not trying to be crude but that's some Final Destination stuff right there. Glad nobody was killed
I hope those injured are going to be okay. 💙💙💙
natalie_mrls
Maaaaaaaaaaaaan, when I was a yunggin’, we ALL worked at Six Flags Great Adventure every. summer. Over the years, there has been deaths. And injuries. Some, very terrible ones. Gruesome. It’s an amusement park. Accidents do happen, sadly. I do hope that everyone is okay. 🙏🏾
A huge lawsuit incoming!!!
Yeah imma just call it quits with that shit
I wouldn’t call that a minor accident tho, when it includes at least 12 people 🤦🏻♀️ and half of them needed to go to the hospital 🤷🏻♀️ minor accident is when I hit my nose in the person back in a water ride 15years ago and immediately starting nosebleeds for the entire day 🤣
not surprising tbh, that shit ACHES everytime
Burn it down!
Oh noes, the Rollercoaster hurt some people, time for some 'coaster control' I guess...
Hey if I want to take my life in my hands, I'll just ride the Subway in NYC.
a reminder that it's important to hire qualified people for the job
This is why they terrify me.
Are we surprised?
First time I rode El Toro they had pumped up kicks playing on the speakers in line. It was my first coaster I rode on and so I was terrified but it was awesome! I never felt thrashed or anything but this was also 2010. I hope it gets fixed! I love that ride
Ever since I was a child I say no to that coaster.
Why I don’t go there the last 25 years…
If final destination taught me anything it’s not to fly with or drive next too the survivors.
Somehow the left will blame this on guns.
sounds like some Final Destination shit.
I pray all have a speedy recovery.
antmillie1990
goingdeepchadjt sorry to break the stoke legends ...
shadowwolf028 Justynabreu2
I hate this ride. I went on it last month and it was way too rough and painful. I hope everybody that was injured will be okay…
I’m randomly picking people on Twitter and giving away $100,000 to any random winner
Seems like a new jersey type thing to happen so no surprise
A talking amusement park? What will they think of next!
El Toro ad in a week
In the United States, the odds of dying in a roller coaster accident are very low, at one in 750 million people
That’s some Final Destination type shit you ain’t seeing me riding…
Heh this is why I don't do rollercoasters
I always leave that ride injured, I thought that was the point!
We suck, we can’t even make a rollercoaster work anymore
Didn't this just happen in Germany, too..?
Payday
What a shame
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Wooden rollercoasters need to be torn down.
So what actually happened then? This story is lame.
when on this ride once and never wanted to go on it again. they need to just shut down this ride as a whole😐
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Radimere
i was there :)
2 years in a row.
I've never heard of a ride where so many complained of neck pain and back pain - even weeks later. Not good at all. Not worth the risk.
Wya
I live in NJ and I always said I was never getting on El Toro again after the first breakdown
Sliktiffdaruler chillleeeee
six flags needs to shut down and figure some shit out. that place is not what it used to be at all.
How bad can this ride be? I just watched it on YouTube. Looks great. On youtube…..from a distance….😅💋
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El Toro is so rocky
Damn! Smh Thats one of my fav coasters of all time.
I went on this ride on the 9th July 2022 with my friends. My wrist still hurts from it & my back still hurts too. I remember asking my friends if it’s just me or they also in pain. Turns out all of us but we never paid attention.Something is definitely wrong or broken in my body.
That curse of the Viper!
White suprimist strike again this time at Six Flags which is code of K.K.K
morgfair Don't they have routine inspections?
Mascott need you to weigh in on this one
Rode this ride in 8th grade and got stuck on it for 5 minutes. At least we were not at a weird incline... crew said it was normal 🥲
This ride been malfunctioning since I was born bro 💀💀
El Toro at Great Adventure is Shangri la compared to the old Clementon Park coaster the Jack Rabbit. Built in 1918 and operating until 2002. It was repainted... once, with lead paint, in the 50's. Paint would flake off and hit you as you prayed to God the thing didn't collapse
AGAIN? damn it six flags
I hope nothing happened to the Buccaneer ride.
Wasn't this the same park where a bunch of teens burned to death in a haunted house attraction and they claimed no responsibility
So they went for back pain... the softness in today’s society is quite freighting
It looks like it's a wooden coaster...I've only been on a couple of these myself and recall not liking them a whole lot - too bumpy and jerky for my tastes. Is this one a particularly old ride?
…
Oh no, not El Toro
C_Natalie13
M toujou peur bagay sa yo😭
That’s why I need One Dance
Is that the old rolling thunder location ?
This one gives you a severe backache and whip lash even when it's workin properly.
Don't mess with el toro if you don't want the horns
Who tf cares this is depressing nobody cares...
That lawsuit sheesh.
thats insane i was just there
No waaaaaay!
Was right before closing was on the sky line and seen it. Hopefully quick recovery
Come on! WTF
This is why I don’t do rollercoasters 🎢
FigsWasHere
My dream death would be via roller coaster accident. I love coasters, but on big drops, my inner ear problem causes me to black out for a few seconds (ride photos are always hilarious of me). While I hope everyone here is ok, i still think it’d be an awesome way to go.
Video?
Videos?
UPDATE: Six Flags says that five people were hospitalized after the malfunction aboard the El Toro roller coaster, and several reported back pain; the ride remains closed for inspection
This is baaad
coasterradio
JJohnsonLaw The ghost of Action Park is chuckling in its grave
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