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Accidents Involving Injury at Carowinds

Official U.S. federal and state data on theme park accidents is almost nonexistent. That's why Theme Park Insider users are creating this visitor-maintained database of theme park accidents--to give public at least some information about attraction safety records.

Do you know of, or have been part of, an accident involving injury at Carowinds? Report it to Theme Park Insider.

Verified Incidents

(Even though these incidents have been verified, individual reports might contain the opinion of the persons submitting them.)

3/17/2007 - Borg Assimilator - Submitted by robert on 3/18/2007

Seven Carowinds employees were injured on a test run of the roller coaster Saturday evening when a seat position failure triggered an emergency stop. All were taken to a local hospital where they were treated and released. The park was not open to the public at the time.

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    To be more easy to understand, the seat locking mechinisim (what keeps you laid down) unlocked. All ride testers who went to hospital were discharged from the hosipital with minor bruses. -- Submitted by tenrten on 4/3/2007

    Seat locking mechanism disengaged due to ride operator input on the control panel, which allowed the seats in the car to jostle and the waistbar to unlock. The ride computer recognized the fault and engaged the emergency brake at the base of a loop. The control panel has been altered so as to not allow a seat lock disengage while the ride is in motion. No further malfunctions have occurred as of this writing, and the ride is in current operation. -- Submitted by coalesce on 5/14/2007

    Ok... talked to the idiot who pushed to button today. He said it was a stupid mistake... but they now have it so insted of pushing... you pull. -- Submitted by tenrten on 6/25/2007

    4/5/1999 - Thunder Road - Submitted by robert on 5/16/2001
    Seven people were hurt when a train collided with another in the station. The ride reopened a few days later after the park replaced all the ride's sensors.

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    • Unverified Reports

    7/23/2004 - TV Land Road Trip - Submitted by tenrten on 8/26/2006
    At one of the turns, I tried to plunge it off the track. My car stoped, and the ride ooperator did not see. Another car crashed in to me, and also, stoped. Finally, the ride operator noticed, and ES the ride!

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    • 4/10/2004 - Borg Assimilator - Submitted by Tiburon on 4/12/2004
    There was an incident at the Borg Assimalator. A woman was taken away on a stretcher with an iv in her. The ride was then closed for several hours. I could not find a news article on the incident. If anyone has more info please post.

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