Post #50342 by kahukini on Fri, Sep 5, 2003 4:08 PM

I don't think I've ever heard of a death on a disney ride before. That said, I was almost killed on the Matterhorn ride in 1992 or so... my seatbelt wasn't actually buckled and I was flung halfway out of the car, but my friend yanked me back in. This is inexplicable though... a car actually leaving the tracks on the best maintained theme park in the world.

ANAHEIM, California (AP) -- A locomotive broke loose on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster Friday, killing a man and injuring 10 other people, officials said.

TV helicopters showed a triage unit set up near the ride and one person being taken on a stretcher to an ambulance.

The roller coaster takes amusement park visitors on a twisting, turning ride aboard what is supposed to be a runaway train in the Old West. Riders zoom through mine shafts and caverns, past falling rocks and tumbling waterfalls.

The ride opened in 1979, making it one of newer roller coasters at Disneyland. It is computer-operated, said Joe Aguirre, a park spokesman.

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