Sad Holiday World Death

[nitroblast]

Quote from CoasterRadio.com Message Board:

Hello,

It's with a sad heart that I post this message. I was surfing the net and landed on the website of an Evansville, Indiana t.v. station which is where I found this story.

UPDATE, TUE, 7:00 AM: A Holiday World employee, killed in a mowing accident over the weekend, will be laid to rest later this week.

Visitation for Eric Hempfling is set for Wednesday, from 2:00 until 8:00 PM, and Thursday from 7:00 until 9:30 AM at Becher Funeral Home in Ferdinand.

The funeral is set for Thursday morning at 10:00 at Saint Ferdinand Catholic Church.

The 20-year-old was a resident of Birdseye and a student at the University of Southern Indiana.


Previously: A tragic accident leaves a Holiday World employee dead.

A spokesperson for the amusement park says 20-year-old Eric Michael Hempfling died in a mowing accident at the park Saturday afternoon.

Hempfling was a grounds crew supervisor and had worked seasonally at Holiday World since 2001. During the rest of the year, he was a student at USI.

The folks at Holiday World say Eric was a wonderful young man with many friends and he will be missed. They are planning a private memorial service for him at the park Monday morning.


Paula, if you read this post, please let the family and staff know that they have my deepest sympathys. I will keep Eric's personal family and Holiday World family in my thoughts and prayers.

God Bless!
Adam Welp a.k.a. HolidayWorldFan
New Albany, IN

[WadeJ]

Besides Mr. Hempfling's family, I also feel so much sorrow for the park itself.  I think they were finally getting over things and on a rebound and now this happens

Thanks for passing along the post Nitroblast.

[Deadman]

I can only imagine what a mowing accident entails... My best wishes to his family and the park.

[Dubya91]

Its very tragic to see something like this happen, at least it wasnt on one of the coasters so they still have a clean record on that slate