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    Full Throttle was the best roller coaster i've been on. It was just a lap bar (didnt even have the foot thing holly showed) but I felt mostly safe.

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    Settlement in Six Flags roller coaster tragedy
    On July 26, 2013, Rosy Esparza fell 75 feet to her death from the Texas Giant roller coaster as horrified witnesses at Six Flags Over Texas watched.

    Carmen Brown talked to News 8 right after the accident. She had been next in line to get on the ride.

    "She goes up like this, and when it drops to come down, that was when it released and she just tumbled," Brown said.

    Esparza's son was on the ride with her.

    The family sued Six Flags and Gerstlauer Amusement Rides, the German company that made the roller coaster. After months of negotiations and investigations, they reached an agreement.
    Six Flags issued this statement on Tuesday: "Our deepest condolences, thoughts and prayers will forever be with the Esparza family. We are thankful that all parties could reach an agreement."

    The Esparza family declined to talk about the accident or the settlement, but their attorneys also issued a statement. "The Esparza family is very pleased with the settlement, and appreciates the condolences offered by Six Flags and Gerstlauer," the statement said.

    Since the accident, Six Flags has added re-designed restraint-bar pads and new seat belts from the manufacturer. The theme park has also instituted new protocols for employees.

    The Texas Giant, which opened in 1990, was refurbished for the 2011 season. It was closed for nearly two months after Esparza's death.

    The amount of settlement agreement was not disclosed.

    http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local...gedy/19244163/

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    Quote Originally Posted by M Joy View Post
    Six Flags issued this statement on Tuesday: "Our deepest condolences, thoughts and prayers will forever be with the Esparza family. We are thankful that all parties could reach an agreement."
    "We are thankful that all parties could reach an agreement. Well, other than Rosy. Cuz we straight up killed her with our coaster. But we're pretty happy that everyone else is cool with it."


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    Better late than never, I guess. These are the photographs that are taken automatically for everyone to buy as souvenirs or whatever. This is right at the end of the ride, so I guess they had just seen her fall less than 45 seconds or so earlier. Ugh, I can't imagine seeing that.



    Also, I didn't remember reading the part about flying head first into her seat. God damn. "She bounced up and then we hit like a turn or something, and she flew head first into her seat. Her feet were straight up in the air," Chambers told police. "Then we hit another turn - and that's when she fell out."

    $10 says one of the guys in the front of the car ended up buying a photo and putting it on a coffee mug or something. They look like they're having a great time.
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    oh man, what a depressing photo.


    eta: i'm assuming she was in the third row, not the seventh. i'm glad that guy in the front has his hands raised - i'd hate to see her son's face at that moment.
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    So the pic was taken right after the lady fell?!? Why do the people in the front row look like they were happy?

    The description of what happened from the POV of one of the passengers confuses me. Did she go forward and head her head on the bar you hold on to?
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    Sorry for the double...I found this article interesting:

    http://www.nbcdfw.com/investigations...216849431.html

    A North Texas woman says she refused to ride a Six Flags Over Texas roller because of the lap restraint system one week before another woman fell from the ride to her death.
    Lori Tate, a Parker County mother who describes herself as a big woman, said she chose to get off the Texas Giant before the ride started because she felt uncomfortable with the lap restraint system.
    "I couldn't breathe," she said.
    Tate told the NBC 5 Investigates Consumer Unit that the ride attendants kept trying to secure her restraint but she didn't feel safe.
    "They kept on (saying), 'Suck in, suck in.' And I can't suck in anymore," she said. "And they were like, 'Well, it'll be OK.' And I said, 'Nope, and let me off.'"
    Tate visited the Arlington amusement park with her two daughters, Kadi, 7 and Hail, 12, and one of Hali's friends exactly one week before the fatal accident that killed Rosa Ayala-Gaona.

    According to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office, Ayala-Gaona, a 52-year-old Dallas resident, was ejected from her third-row seaton the Texas Giant and fell approximately 75 feet. An autopsy revealed she died from multiple traumatic injuries from the fall.
    Tate said she wondered if weight could have been a factor after hearing about the tragedy, reading witness accounts of what happened and knowing about her own trouble with the restraint on the roller coaster.
    The NBC 5 Investigates Consumer Unit combed Six Flag Over Texas' website. While there are height restrictions for the Texas Giant, NBC 5 could find no weight restrictions. A Six Flags representative would not respond to questions about weight restrictions.
    Mark Goodson, a forensic engineer with Goodson Engineering who has testified against Six Flags in a past injury accident lawsuit, said rides are not designed for everybody.
    "There will be certain sizes of people who just cannot fit in a ride," he said. "It is not feasible to design a ride that can handle every person."
    Ken Martin, an amusement park ride and safety specialist who has testified before and against amusement parks, agrees. He saw photos of the victim and believes weight was a contributing factor.
    "When you come down that hill and you feel your bottom parts, you know, come off that seat, well, that's your negative-g forces at work right there," he said.
    G-force is the force of gravity or acceleration on the body. Negative g-force is what roller coaster riders feel as they go down a hill.
    "Those forces are part of the ride, part of the thrill, part of taking you to the edge and, hopefully, bringing you back safely," Martin said.
    Martin said he is not familiar with the exact g-forces the Texas Giant exerts. But based on his experience,the g-force, depending on how strong, essentially multiplies a person's weight, putting pressure on the restraint, he said. For example, if someone weighing 300 pounds was on a steep drop with a negative 3G, it could put as much as 900 pounds of pressure on the lap-bar restraint.
    But Martin doesn't believe weight was the only factor in the fatal accident. Based on his previous cases, many things likely went horribly wrong, causing the Dallas mother to fall to her death, he said.
    Martin said most rides are designed for an adult who weighs 180 pounds.
    The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions told NBC 5, "Restraint design is typically based upon a 95 percentile physical profile to comfortably accommodate the vast majority of a ride's population segment."
    Tate said she doesn't think she fits into that 95 percent.
    "I'm too big for this ride," she said. "I can't do it. Something in my head said get off."
    The IAAPA, the largest international trade association for fixed amusement parks, said amusement parks are overwhelmingly safe. The likelihood of sustaining at a permanent amusement park ride in the United States an injury serious enough to require overnight hospitalization or treatment is one in 24 million, the association said. The chance of being fatally injured on an amusement ride is one in 750 million.
    According to injury reports filed by Six Flags Over Texas with the Texas Department of Insurance, there have been 14 injuries on the Texas Giant between April 2008 and April 2013. Most were minor and were caused by the ride jostling the passenger.
    Texas is one of at least 17 states that does not have a state agency responsible for inspecting amusement park rides, according to a survey by NBC News. Texas also has no law granting the state power to investigate in the event of an accident.
    Instead, Six Flags is conducting its own investigation into last week's fatality.
    Tate said she's relieved she decided not to ride the Texas Giant.
    "I could have been that woman," she said.
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    Oh how horrible. I am a G junkie, the more the merrier, + & -.

    I have been on tons of coasters and not once did I not feel safe and secure. Wish I could say the same for Rosa.

    Godspeed, Rosa.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Angiebla View Post
    So the pic was taken right after the lady fell?!? Why do the people in the front row look like they were happy?

    The description of what happened from the POV of one of the passengers confuses me. Did she go forward and head her head on the bar you hold on to?
    Yeah, I'm not really sure how that would work either. Although I can see how the people in front of her may not have noticed. Those dudes in front are probably screaming like little girls. The Texas Giant is LOUD as hell, so I mean you could hear people screaming behind you, but you wouldn't be able to make out what they were saying/yelling.

    You can see that they've just come out of a tunnel, which I think is where she landed. Sucks because the track circles around a lot. Whichever tunnel she happened to fall on, everyone could have been able to see her three or four times if they were looking.



    The part where she died is, I assume, around :50
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    Those kids in the front would not have known. The pic is taken inside the last tunnel right before the ride ends.
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    Quote Originally Posted by beli View Post
    Those kids in the front would not have known. The pic is taken inside the last tunnel right before the ride ends.
    Ok just kidding

    I was thinking about the comment made by her fellow passenger...is it possible her lap bar flipped up, and she was holding onto to it, and that's how she ended upside down? The :50 mark looks like the ride jerks really hard. I wonder if she couldn't hold on any longer at that point.

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    I miss roller coasters -- I used to be a HUGE amusement park ride fanatic pre-kids -- but I have always hated the Texas Giant (I'm 3 hours from Arlington so have ridden it many, many times). It feels so shaky and not safe, and it HURTS... it throws your body around more than most. My husband actually had pretty bad hip pain for a day or 2 after the last time we rode it, and we were only 19 at the time, lol.

    I feel AWFUL for this woman and hope she didn't know what was happening. This has to be one of the most terrible ways to die if you're conscious and know what's going on.

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    Although... it looks like they have replaced portions of it with steel/metal now... The last time I rode it, all of that was still made of wood.

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    Quote Originally Posted by becoming View Post
    I miss roller coasters -- I used to be a HUGE amusement park ride fanatic pre-kids -- but I have always hated the Texas Giant (I'm 3 hours from Arlington so have ridden it many, many times). It feels so shaky and not safe, and it HURTS... it throws your body around more than most. My husband actually had pretty bad hip pain for a day or 2 after the last time we rode it, and we were only 19 at the time, lol.

    I feel AWFUL for this woman and hope she didn't know what was happening. This has to be one of the most terrible ways to die if you're conscious and know what's going on.
    I love a good 'Woodie, ie, The Beast (Kings Island), The Scream Machine (Six Flags Atlanta), The Mean Streak (Cedar Point) and Thunderbolt (Kennywood).

    If you really want to get the shit beat out ya even more, The Dahlonega Mine Train (Six flags Atlanta) and Jack Rabbit (Kennywood) are the coasters for you.

    Becoming, I hope she didn't know either.

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