Author Topic: Schlitterbahn (Read 69142 times)

SkinnyBenny · « **Reply #100 on:** August 07, 2016, 07:35:03 PM »

Just looked him up and saw a family photo on his website from 2014. Made me sad.

'taterblast · « **Reply #101 on:** August 07, 2016, 08:03:00 PM »

crap, man

WildcatNkilt · « **Reply #102 on:** August 07, 2016, 10:37:01 PM »

Awful. Any word on what happened?

HerrSonntag · « **Reply #103 on:** August 07, 2016, 11:19:18 PM »

If i had to guess, since the entire slide is covered with a net, preventing him from physically leaving the slide, that he flew up, got caught in the net, twisted around, and suffered some sort of head or neck injury.

SdK · « **Reply #104 on:** August 07, 2016, 11:27:15 PM »

Someone died today? eff.

CNS · « **Reply #105 on:** August 08, 2016, 06:34:32 AM »

Some fire dept folks I know said that the raft flew up on the second bumb and the kid hit either the net or the cross bar support of the net and was decapitated. I guess he was in the raft with two ladies (unrelated) and both were injured but not killed. Mom and dad were waiting at the bottom. The ride is supposedly very weight sensitive in that the total of riders has to be between 400-550#. The person running the ride was really young (17 or so, is what I was told). No word on if the raft was under weight or what.

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puniraptor · « **Reply #106 on:** August 08, 2016, 07:02:04 AM »

sickening :(

puniraptor · « **Reply #107 on:** August 08, 2016, 07:11:25 AM »

I've always thought that net system would kill someone if a raft actually went flying. The raft needs some kind of roll cage. I guess the net potentially stops everyone from being killed.

steve dave · « **Reply #108 on:** August 08, 2016, 07:24:09 AM »

terrible

Pete · « **Reply #109 on:** August 08, 2016, 09:08:18 AM »

Thank God the other passengers were not relatives. Horrifying regardless, but my goodness.

Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #110 on:** August 08, 2016, 09:41:20 AM »

I read in some comments that a harness got wrapped around his neck and decapitated him.

CNS · « **Reply #111 on:** August 08, 2016, 09:45:37 AM »

Quote from: Mrs. Gooch on August 08, 2016, 09:41:20 AM

I read in some comments that a harness got wrapped around his neck and decapitated him.

I haven't been on it, but the description I found says that they have velcro seat belts. It doesn't say if they are lap belts or over the shoulder, though. The thing is, if that happened, the harness would have had to catch the net or something.

ksupamplemousse · « **Reply #112 on:** August 08, 2016, 10:02:35 AM »

That ride has been a disaster since the word 'go.' Hopefully it's permanently closed after this fiasco.

CNS · « **Reply #113 on:** August 08, 2016, 10:09:45 AM »

I am no engineer, but the problems they had initially coupled with how controlled the weight requirement has to be leads me to believe that there isn't much of a safety factor in the design.

Cartierfor3 · « **Reply #114 on:** August 08, 2016, 10:41:11 AM »

wait. decapitated meaning liked chopped off his head and his head and body just came down to the bottom of the slide not attached to one another?????

star seed 7 · « **Reply #115 on:** August 08, 2016, 10:42:17 AM »

That's generally what decapitated means

star seed 7 · « **Reply #116 on:** August 08, 2016, 10:43:16 AM »

I'm sure edn/catastrophe will be along shortly to post decapitation pictures

AppleJack · « **Reply #117 on:** August 08, 2016, 10:43:44 AM »

this makes me very sad.

CNS · « **Reply #118 on:** August 08, 2016, 10:43:59 AM »

Quote from: Cartierfor3 on August 08, 2016, 10:41:11 AM

wait. decapitated meaning liked chopped off his head and his head and body just came down to the bottom of the slide not attached to one another?????

Yeah. really bad stuff. According to the FD guys I know, you could see evidence of the accident from the road(the road is hundreds of feet from the slide).

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #119 on:** August 08, 2016, 10:46:45 AM »

I had been off social media all day yesterday and Mrs wacky and I went out to nebraska furiture mart to do some shopping for the new house. When we left, we went to price chopper down the road and I thought it was very strange I never saw any lines. We were both like "are they closed and why?" It was so weird when we found out. His parents were waiting for him down at the bottom too.

Skipper44 · « **Reply #120 on:** August 08, 2016, 10:48:09 AM »

Quote from: CNS on August 08, 2016, 10:09:45 AM

I am no engineer, but the problems they had initially coupled with how controlled the weight requirement has to be leads me to believe that there isn't much of a safety factor in the design.

I wonder about the weight distribution. Waterparks typically want the heaviest person in the back so the nose of the raft doesn't submarine when it hits the catch pool and try to catapult the rider in the back but this ride clearly had an issue with the raft staying in contact with the water from the beginning.

Cartierfor3 · « **Reply #121 on:** August 08, 2016, 10:49:17 AM »

i can't even fathom

SkinnyBenny · « **Reply #122 on:** August 08, 2016, 10:51:59 AM »

Yeah. They should probably rip that ride down and also I hope they get the crap sued out of them. (Two things I almost never would say.)

CNS · « **Reply #123 on:** August 08, 2016, 10:54:27 AM »

Quote from: SkinnyBenny on August 08, 2016, 10:51:59 AM

Yeah. They should probably rip that ride down and also I hope they get the crap sued out of them. (Two things I almost never would say.)

I just hope it wasn't something as negligent as being the fault of a teen operator. I mean, that position has the most responsibility for safety in that park, imo. If they did put a teen in charge of that, and that teen made a mistake, that should def be the end of the park as it would def call into question the safety of the entire park, imo.

If it was a design issue, I don't think the park needs to close.

Either way, the slide needs to come down.

Shooter Jones · « **Reply #124 on:** August 08, 2016, 11:01:31 AM »

After hearing this yesterday, I could be off a little, but pretty sure I read somewhere they designed it like a roller coaster or something, and never even considered how differently rafts would function with flowing water or some crap. And then made adjustments after it was built to try and make it safe. I mean, how incredibly rough ridin' dumb is that?