13 yr old badly injured at Six Flags

[Skylace]

The accident happened on the Superman Tower of Wower, formerly known as the "Hell-a-vator."

Chris Stinnett say he was one ride over from the Superman Tower Drop when he saw the malfunction that sliced a 13-year old girl's feet off.

Chris Stinnett says "at first I thought people were screaming because they were scared. It came back down and I seen the cable come back and hit a lot of people and I heard a lot of crying. It was crazy."

According to Six Flags no one else was hurt.

A 13-year old girl visiting Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville lost both of her feet when a ride malfunctioned Thursday afternoon.

Riders are strapped in and slowly taken to the top, then dropped at a speed of 56 miles per hour before easing to a stop on the ground. That's what happened here except for one major mishap.

Chris Stinnett says "it went up, the cable snapped and it fell down and cable hit 'em. It was the same thing, just the cable broke."

Soon after the accident, theme park crews converged at the base of the ride to begin their investigation into what went wrong. The ride is shut down indefinitely.

Park visitor Whitney Sandfer says "we were about to ride that ride before it happened, but then she said let's not ride it, let's go ride something else. That could have been all of us."

The theme park says it's trying to figure out what exactly went wrong.

Other than that, no comment on the incident.
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This poor girl! I cannot even imagine.

[faceless]

nightmare, but it sounds like she was lucky that it was 'only' her feet...

[Skylace]

[Aja]

Talk about wrong place.... wrong time........Poor Kid ......

[major.tom]

This is like a punch to my stomache. My heart goes out to the unfortunate child.

Something like this happening is the last thing on your mind when you go to an amusement park...

[11antoniacourt]

So very unfortunate at any age. The poor little girl.

[Twirley]

[girldorksrule]

That just makes me ill. Poor girl.

[11antoniacourt]

This morning's paper said that the hospital declined to say whether they reattached her feet or not but she is in stable condition now. She's in Nashville at Vanderbilt University Medical Center which is one of the best facilities in America. Her name is Kaitlyn Lasitter and the family has made a public statement. The statement included a plea for privacy for the girl's family, and the family has instructed the hospital not to comment further (presumably in preparation for the honking lawsuit that's likely being prepared). The poor little girl deserves our prayers. I can't even imagine the trauma.

[Skylace]

[Luther Blissett]

if ten of us donated a toe each, then she'd be on her way...

[girldorksrule]

I'm sympathetic, but not that sympathetic.

[SpursFan1902]