Amusement Park Accidents That Will Give You Nightmares

Woman Dies On Derailed Roller Coaster

In 2007 a woman was killed and 19 passengers injured when the wheel axle of the roller coaster car broke and fell off. The broken axel caused the car to derail. The roller coaster ride named the Fujin Raijin II at Expoland is designed for passengers to remain standing. When the car derailed 19-year-old Yoshino Kogawara’s head hit the rail, killing her instantly. Traveling around 46 miles per hour at the time of the accident, the other 19 passengers were all injured and stuck in the car as rescuers hurried to help them get out. One onlooker, Nobuko Handa, told the Japan Times, “Just as I was thinking it might fall off, I heard a scraping sound followed by people screaming. It came to a halt at last after a sound that I can hardly describe in words. My legs trembled.”