Valleryfair Wild Thing Accident

[WadeJ]

   http://wcco.com/local/local_story_141180956.html

edit:  I'm curious, are these the same trains as SD2K?  Wasn't a wheel bogy coming off what caused that ride to shut down and never reopen?  I find it rather scary that they are both Morgans.

[rjholla2003]

Yep, SD2K chucked a wheel into the wave pool.  I bet Steel Force is getting a hard look tonight...

[Dubya91]

Steel Eel as well, lets be thankful this didnt happen up on the lift!

[ChuckR]

Wow, I can't believe this. Thankfully everyone was alright.

[GADVwow]

Steel Force was already closed for an unrelated lift hill issue.  Had been for about a week.  I suspect it will now remain closed longer, as will Steel Eel and Mamba (the latter at Worlds of Fun).

[ChuckR]

As well the Superman coaster in Mexico.

[Dubya91]

Steel Force was already closed for an unrelated lift hill issue.  Had been for about a week.  I suspect it will now remain closed longer, as will Steel Eel and Mamba (the latter at Worlds of Fun).

I actually find that funny as when I rode last year it seemed like it always almost stopped on the lift, hopefully the fied this problem and not give people the "Oh, No! Im stuck feeling!"

[coastermom]

I wonder if it will also close mangum isn't that also the same type of ride? just thank god nobody was killed in the accident .

[WadeJ]

Nope.  Magnum is 100% Arrow.   These are Morgan hyper coasters which aren't even really made any longer.  Superman Ultimate Escape down in Mexico was the oddball because the parts sat onsite for a few years before a dispute was resolved.

[sir clinksalot]

If this had happened anywhere else on the ride we'd have some dead people. Thank god it happened when the train was going 7mph instead of 74mph.