Accidents Involving Injury at Six Flags Great AmericaOfficial 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 Six Flags Great America? 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.)
3/11/2008 - Splash Waterfalls - Submitted by robert on 3/11/2008 Thomas Lee, 46, of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, fell to his death on Tuesday morning while working on the Splash Waterfalls ride. Lee was working for a contractor, hired to dismantle the ride.8/7/2007 - Scenic Railway - Submitted by robert on 8/8/2007 A park maintenance worker fell 20 feet while servicing a locomotive. He retained consciousness but complained of back pain and was flown to a local hospital.8/2/2007 - The Orbit - Submitted by robert on 8/3/2007 A 34-year-old woman and three children, two age 10 and one age 8, were hospitalized with neck and back pain after they were jostled on the stop of this spinning flat ride. The ride was inspected and reopened after no operational problems were found.8/16/2006 - Spacely Sprocket Rockets - Submitted by robert on 8/17/2006 A 10-year-old girl from Arlington Heights, Ill. who had a history of heart trouble collapsed shortly after riding this kiddie roller coaster. Paramedics responded and found the girl in full cardiac arrest. She was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.5/29/2004 - Rajun' Cajun - Submitted by nowakmak on 6/17/2004 A 52-year-old employee died June 16 of injuries suffered on the Rajun Cajun May 29. No details on what exactly happened.5/3/2003 - Raging Bull - Submitted by mrdtwwjd on 5/3/2003 An 11-year-old girl was found unconscious when Raging Bull pulled in the station around noon. CPR was performed, but not long after she was rushed to St. Therese hospital, she was pronounced dead. An autopsy will be performed to determine her exact cause of death.10/10/2001 - Fun Machine - Submitted by HAPIMS on 1/28/2002 A 14-year-old girl suffered a fractured ankle while exiting the ride. Unverified Reports7/17/2008 - Hurricane Harbor water park - Submitted by bboehlke on 7/18/2008A little girl went down a flume just two people ahead of us. I saw her at one of the bends, spinning around like a spider on its back. She was very little. We were waiting quite a while for the lifeguard to let the next person go. She was very diligent in not letting riders go down the slide until the previous rider had exited out the bottom. (I ALWAYS watch for this!) The little girl didn't come out after a very long time. There was some kind of commotion at the bottom, whistles started blowing, and we were all told that the slide was closed. The little boy in front of me (her big brother?) peeked over the edge and said, "Oh no! Excuse me, I gotta get out of here!" then ran down the stairs.) We headed down the steps, and before we got down, everyone else was evacuating the structure (One of those climbing, sliding, buckets-of-water-dumping play areas). When we got off, I noticed that everyone was staring at something. I asked a man what was going on, and he said there was a girl stuck in the purple tube (which was where we'd been.) He said something about lifeguards and paramedics working on her and he said he'd seen them lifting her arms above her head, but he wasn't sure if she was alive. When we reached my husband, he said there were a bunch of paramedics and lifeguards sprinting toward the area where I'd just been. That area of the park was closed for at least another hour and a half, and the last I saw of it, thousands of people were staring concernedly at that area of the structure. Obviously this ended up being a very serious accident. I'd love to be able to stop worrying about this little girl and her brother. All we could do was pray, but we didn't stick around, for fear that my little girl would witness something terrible.3/29/1980 - The Whizzer - Submitted by calig on 7/22/2003 I was working in the control posiiton monitoring the trains on the track. It was a raining day/evening shift and rid ops mechanics had been called out a couple of times to fix trains sticking in a brake near the station. As I was about to change positions with my relief person, I watched the last train round the bend and shoot the brake, as it headed for the station where riders were loading and unloading. The trains collided launching one train up the tracks and causing the rear train to bounce backwards. A 13 year old boy fell backwards into the tracks and I didn't notice him as I hit the button to shut the entire ride down. The train had come forward and locked on top of the boy. Many people were were strewn around the platform injured. Passangers attempted to roll the train back off of the boy, but he died that day as I watched security try to administer CPR. Terrible accident that I can see in my mind to this day.
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