Some Customers May Get Their Feet Ripped Off

A 13 year old girl had her feet chopped off at the ankle on a ride at Six Flags in Louisville, Kentucky.

Six Flags and another company shut down eight more thrill rides Friday around the country after a teenage girl had her feet chopped off at the ankle on a Superman Tower of Power.

Here’s a video of the ride:

State inspectors, meanwhile, returned to Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom where the accident happened to examine the ride, which lifts passengers 177 feet straight up, then drops them nearly the same distance at speeds reaching 54 mph.

From CNN:

A police dispatcher said a cord wrapped around the girl’s feet while she was on the ride. “I seen the car go up. Then, like, the cable broke … and I heard a lot of people screaming,” Chris Stinnett, who was at a ride next to the Tower of Power, told CNN affiliate WDRB/WMYO-TV in Louisville. “The cable went under the car — and I seen it pull up and hit a lot of people — and I seen them bring their legs up,” he said.

Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom spokeswoman Carolyn McLean said she has been in touch with the injured 13-year-old girl’s family and believed the girl is still receiving treatment at the University of Louisville Hospital. Hospital spokeswoman Julie Gordon would not discuss details of the surgery or recovery, citing patient privacy.

The accident led Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. to shut down and inspect drop tower rides at five of its amusement parks as a precaution, company spokeswoman Stacy Frole said.

A Superman Tower of Power at Six Flags in Arlington, TX

Intamin, a Swiss company, made all the rides that were closed by both companies, said Craig Ross, a spokesman for Cedar Fair.

The five Cedar Fair rides that will be shut down are at Kings Island near Cincinnati; Canada’s Wonderland, in Toronto; Kings Dominion in Doswell, Va.; Carowinds, in Charlotte, N.C.; and Great America in Santa Clara, Calif.

Something called Superman Ride of Steel had killed a man in 2004. (Also made by Intamin).

Superman! You’re just in a slump!

I’ve lived here all my life I ain’t afraid of no Tower of Power!

Some customers may get their feet ripped off.