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"there wasn't very much anybody could do for her"
Toronto Star | Submitted by: anonymous
"The amusement park was not cited for any violations or required to make improvements to the ride after the girl's death, but officials announced plans to add seat belts, more lighting and a second attendant at the Mind Scrambler."
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From: blahblahblowme
[my inner child is a mean lil fucker]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 16:06
And I bet you that everyone that ever rides on any freaky rides takes risks of their own. I mean come on, like it's wise to drive around the city holding up and smoking a big fat fucking bowl, because after all, every cop rides around in regular black and white cars that say POLICE on them. Fucking sick of the fucking hype about people getting fucked up on these fucking rides. Boo fucking hoo. Fuck. I still fucking hate cops.
From: ralph [R]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 16:32
I always say, when the kids start acting up...pack your suitcases, we're off to Playland...they know what I mean, and pipe down real quick.
From: azdollarbill [Jim Jones]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 16:43
All of the other deaths happened when kids either on purpose, or by accident, got out of their safety harnesses.This was a woman, who remained restrained. So, what did her in? Maybe she had a heart attack? I really have to laugh at the official response:"Add more seat belting".
From: rotteneggs13
[a bakers dozen]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 16:46
From: aulduron [Aulduron] Date: 30-Jun-2007 16:30 I wish these fucking permanent parks would get their acts straight and stop giving the industry a bad name. +++++ No disagreement here Auldy, but could it be that the fox is guarding the hen house so to speak. You had mentioned in the past that when you were a carny that the safety regulations were tight. Since there were more than one company that would inspect the rides and attractions. (competition) Walt Disney World (UGH!) has their own police force. And the thing is I LOVE ROLLER-COASTERS and even with all the safety straps and bars, etc. There have been many a time I felt that I was going to fly out of the seat when the negative Gs get ya. And I am 5'7 and a normal weight, can't imagine a little person: child or otherwise dealing with these negative G-forces.
From: androloma [the Manchurian Centurion]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 16:49
The "I-Don't-Mind Scrambler" soon to be coming to a location near you.
From: ralph [R]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 16:57
AZ, there was one 43 year old male that waded into a lake...pretty damned dangerous thing to do, the fool.
From: studgerbil
[Stud]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 17:17
This "deadly history" is bullshit. You had a 7 yr old brat who got herself out of the restraints after the ride started, you have another brat on a different ride, and a middle aged retard drowning himself. Then you have this 20-something gal who somehow got out of her restraints. There is nothing wrong with these rides, but plenty wrong with these riders.
From: cocksucker
[Hurr]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 17:24
First, I have to say, I love rye playland. When I was growing up there were always stories of people dying there, like choking on gum, getting decaptated by standing up on the dragon coaster, shit like that. The latest story is that the chick worked on the ride, and had done so for years. She was getting people into their seats or something, when the BOOTH OPERATOR STARTED THE RIDE! WHOOPS! And I still love the story of the little shit who managed to kill himself in the old mill (the 'it's a small world' of playland). HAHAHA! Playland is cool. and the Mind Scrambler is like the best ride there.
From: azdollarbill [Jim Jones]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 17:28
From: ralph [R] Date: 30-Jun-2007 16:57 AZ, there was one 43 year old male that waded into a lake...pretty damned dangerous thing to do, the fool. =-=-=-=-=-=- Call me dense, but I am at a loss...
From: ralph [R]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 17:46
From: azdollarbill [Jim Jones] Date: 30-Jun-2007 16:43 All of the other deaths happened when kids either on purpose, or by accident, got out of their safety harnesses Just pointing out a ref. in the story, that there was a 43 year old male who drowned himself in the lake there... "Friday's accident marked the fourth fatality in as many years at the county-owned Playland, a National Historic Landmark that opened in 1928. After the Mind Scrambler accident in 2004, a 7-year-old boy was killed the following year when he climbed out of his boat ride and fell, according to investigators. A 43-year-old man drowned after wading into a lake at the park on July 4, 2006."
From: shanon [shanon]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 17:46
there is a reason that i am taking my son to a park this summer, i think it will be the last time i can actually ride on one of these machines without being in a wheelchair after wards . thank god for his 14 year old sister they can go on the rides and i will take plenty of pictures but the rollercoasters are for us and us alone.plan to teach him about the birds bees and driving all in one moment.and when he screams like a girl as we are going over a turn i will reflect back on our preciouse time together.
From: aulduron
[Aulduron]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 17:53
...No disagreement here Auldy, but could it be that the fox is guarding the hen house so to speak. You had mentioned in the past that when you were a carny that the safety regulations were tight. Since there were more than one company that would inspect the rides and attractions. (competition) Walt Disney World (UGH!) has their own police force. ... Disney rules everything in Florida that deals with regulating amusements. They try very hard to stifle even the smallest of competition. I'm sure Six Flags tries the same in other states. There are places, I forget where, where inspectors are contracted, by the state, from one company, to inspect their competitors rides. It really works out well.
From: ralph [R]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 18:01
"From: aulduron [Aulduron] Date: 30-Jun-2007 17:41 Az, I believe he's talking about a story he submitted, but didn't make it." Naw, that story was about a guy who sex-assaulted his wife, then went to the neighbors, and did two dogs there...Plus he was from a town called Woodmore. Seemed rotten, with an amusing twist...(no ice)
From: livefreeordie [Mel Stark]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 18:03
I don't think this was "rider error" at all. Two different scenarios are being reported, and I'm going to trust the NY sources over the Toronto Star! Early on- before this Totonto Star article, I read that she was just done changing shifts with the new operator, and she went to buckle some latecomers in, and the *new* operator started the ride up without making sure she was clear. This article has since been updated, but all along, the NY news reported that she was leaving her shift and "helping out" the new operator by checking riders' harnesses, when HE started the ride. http://www.myfoxny.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=3643131&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1 "Garin was finishing up her shift on the Mind Scrambler, a spider-arm-shaped attraction that spins passengers around in two-seat cars, when she continued to load on a few new riders before heading home, said park spokesman Peter Tartaglia. As the last passengers were strapped into their seats, impatient riders began shouting "Come on, start the ride," said Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano. The ride's new operator, his view apparently blocked by a high back on the ride's seat, started the Mind Scrambler with Garin kneeling on a seat bench, Spano said. According to Tartaglia, the ride's operator noticed Garin and shut the attraction down within 20 seconds. But Garin, who started working at the park when she was 14, was already ejected from the ride and killed."
From: snatchvondrippy [snatch]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 18:09
ahh-so. she was an employee still strapping people in when a second employee started the ride which immediately threw the first girl to her death. not a random rider or a system failure; human error
From: studgerbil
[Stud]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 19:02
I like the "Paint Mixer" and the "Money Shaker". The first is a giant paint can. You cram it full of riders and put the lid on and give it a good 5 minute shake. The second is a conventional suspended coaster that freezes the riders upside down and shakes the loose money out of their pockets.
From: ladyamethyst
[Michelle]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 19:15
Shannon...why is your child in a wheel chair? If that's not to personal I mean. You never hear a story that starts out 3 million patrons rode amusement park rides and absolutely nothing happened to them! Film at 11!
From: spanker [Smoking Joe]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 19:44
""but there wasn't very much anybody could do for her,"" They could have filled up her cum bucket before she got cold. Another wasted opportunity.
From: dmb8877 [David Brooks]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 19:55
Maybe we should start testing peoples IQs before they ride thse things.
From: aulduron
[Aulduron]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 20:02
...The second is a conventional suspended coaster that freezes the riders upside down and shakes the loose money out of their pockets. ... It's funny, on the road, ride help and game help often don't get along. Game help call the ride guys stupid, and the ride guys call the game guys thieves. During one discussion, I was accused of being deceptive, and working "too strong". I had to remind him that I only "took" money that was freely handed to me, but he was the one who actually held people upside down and shook the money out of their pockets (he was the Kamikaze foreman). I also pointed out that we game agents were the only carnies out there who didn't spend all day making people puke. He never brought the subject up again.
From: lordpakul [Lord Pakul]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 20:02
"Mind Scrambler Be seated in a dark tent where disco lights and club beats will keep you rocking as you go around and around."  http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:www.ryeplayland.org/RidesAttactions/MajorRides/Rides6.htm
From: doesshe
[ever shut up, that DS?]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 20:16
From: ladyamethyst [Michelle] Date: 30-Jun-2007 19:15 Shannon...why is your child in a wheel chair? If that's not to personal I mean. ------------- Lol, where does shanon say her kid is in a wheelchair?
From: guntotingliberal [GunTotingLiberal]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 20:28
We have this ride down here at the jersey shore. I used to ride it all the time when I was younger. It is a lot of fun. This probably we stop me from going on it. I have lived in NJ (at the shore) for most of my life and have been on these rides since I was 5 or 6. I can't imagine what would make anyone - even a 7 year old try and get out of the restraint. I rode some scary rides when I was that age and getting out of the seat never entered my mind, as I recall.
From: guntotingliberal [GunTotingLiberal]
Date: 30-Jun-2007 21:11
Damn, that joint was stronger than I thought. LoL. I meant "this probably won't stop me from riding it." Carnivals that come to NJ are too small now-a-days. When I was younger they were huge - in parks usually. Now they cram them into Food Store parking lots.
From: androloma [the Manchurian Centurion]
Date: 1-Jul-2007 04:33
GTL and SBL both live in New Jersey. Piscivore and I both live in Colorado. French Jean lives under my desk, and needs to take out his dentures next time he gives me a sloppy knobber.
From: snatchvondrippy [snatch]
Date: 1-Jul-2007 10:50
From: doesshe [ever shut up, that DS?] Date: 30-Jun-2007 20:16 From: ladyamethyst [Michelle] Date: 30-Jun-2007 19:15 Shannon...why is your child in a wheel chair? If that's not to personal I mean. ------------- Lol, where does shanon say her kid is in a wheelchair? ---- where does it say youre a dry cunt flap? answer; in every one of your posts, douchie. i kin you have nothing of interest to say - ive never read a single post of yours that was informative, interesting or amusing---only severely lame. the way other women tick you off is a riot. grow up, turdblossom. alrighty-you go on back now and finish jacking off the local possum population-- and keep working on getting a life- fucking lame ass slug track
From: revolver44 [Revolver44]
Date: 1-Jul-2007 11:23
I use to go to Point Pleasant Beach a lot. Wildwood has the best beach, boardwalk, and amusements in NJ. The beaches in NJ are only good a few months out of the year. Unfortunately, they are the same months the fucking bennies pollute the area. All in all, notwithstanding the occasional half way decent beach, NJ blows.
From: letsamputate
[Chronic Limper]
Date: 1-Jul-2007 11:51
One of the reasons I don't post on rotten anymore. The room dumbs down when people flame eachother. People they don't even know. I ride amusement park rides because there is a danger there. I want to be scared. I won't climb out and die though.
From: androloma [the Manchurian Centurion]
Date: 1-Jul-2007 15:14
Linda Loveface could give lessons, were she not pushing up daisies.
From: azdollarbill [Jim Jones]
Date: 1-Jul-2007 16:51
I just read how the accident happened. The girl worked there, and was making sure that everybody was belted in, when the idiot started the ride. He realized what happened, after 20 seconds, but by that time she was dead.
From: aulduron
[Aulduron]
Date: 1-Jul-2007 17:04
Yeah, she was actually working that ride the last time someone got killed on it. He was in the control booth and couldn't see her bending over to belt someone in when he started it. That's the official story, anyway. When a ride operator gets hurt while it's running, it's usually because they're showing off
From: ladyamethyst
[Michelle]
Date: 1-Jul-2007 17:57
Shannon: there is a reason that i am taking my son to a park this summer, i think it will be the last time i can actually ride on one of these machines without being in a wheelchair after wards _______________________________________________________ I misread that. I thought it said before HE is in a wheelchair. Sorry.
From: shanon [shanon]
Date: 1-Jul-2007 19:18
thanks for the apology michelle. sorry someone else beat me to correcting you. dont let anyone tell you to stop having a goodtime and speaking your mind .this furom is a safe place to express yourself i think.
From: ladyamethyst
[Michelle]
Date: 1-Jul-2007 21:00
I try to keep that in mind, but that france first...etc...is driving me nuts. It's a short drive to be sure. (Actually it's only to the end of the driveway, if that far). As for the story...I rode a ride one time called the Hammerhead. It was two bullet shaped cars, where there are two sets of 2 seats, sitting back to back on each end of the bullet shaped car. They are surrounded by a cage. The two arms swing the bullets back and forth...until they finally flip you over...and also your car spins around. It used to be my favorite ride as a kid at the carnivals. That is intil I was 14, and they stopped the car before the ride was over, like within the first few swings. They made us get out, and we stepped out and the car just went PLUNK down on the ground, off of the arm. Apparently it lost some part..and the operator saw if fall. I haven't ridden it since. LOL. 
From: missbert [Miss Bert]
Date: 2-Jul-2007 04:59
A few years ago, at Lake Compounce here in CT, a worker was killed in the same type of ride (a Scrambler in a dark room) in the same way-some other bozo turned on the ride while he was inside. Link: http://www.rideaccidents.com/1999.html#aug21 Text: (Saturday, August 21, 1999) - A 16-year-old boy died Saturday from injuries he suffered at Lake Compounce amusement park in Bristol, Connecticut. On Friday, the boy was working as a ride attendant on the Tornado, a spinning ride more commonly known as the Scrambler. The accident happened when the boy stepped onto the ride before it had come to a complete stop. His legs got caught underneath the ride and he was dragged until the operator activated the emergency stop. The boy was left pinned underneath the ride from the waist down. Firefighters used inflatable devices to lift the ride off of the victim. After the boy was freed, he was transported by helicopter to a hospital, where he underwent surgery. His injuries included a head wound and broken bones, in addition to possible broken arms, dislocated shoulders, and multiple internal injuries. The state fire marshal inspected the ride and determined that it did not malfunction. Park officials had planned to operate the ride Saturday, but have decided not to, out of respect for the victim. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ I haven't been to the park in years (the last time I went was just before this accident, actually, and I rode that ride), but I'm pretty sure this ride is gone now.
From: snatchvondrippy [snatch]
Date: 2-Jul-2007 10:38
i got a good bone job on the massive ferris wheel at the world's fair '84-new orleans. good times-lookin over the mighty, muddy mississip-
From: shanon [shanon]
Date: 2-Jul-2007 18:43
really dont have alot to add on to this one here. i love rollercoasters but havnt been on one in at least 15 years and thats why i am going to take my son on one just like my dad did to me at places like disneyworld etc,my spouse when we were dating had never been on a ride before and i suckered them onto the zipper, that was 11 years ago and they refuse to go on anything since.they say its not natural to do that to yourself and your only asking for problems .i really enjoyed the octopus when i was a kid, sure the mind scrambler is simiular but the ottopus would take you up on the air not just around on the ground. never can forget the puke master its name was the gravitron.they always played boston on these rides to.
Updated: 7-Jul-2007 14:05
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