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newswest9.com schrieb:Six Flags Joins Lawsuit Against Coaster Maker
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Six Flags Over Texas is joining a lawsuit filed by the family of a Dallas woman who fell from a roller coaster at the North Texas amusement park.Rosa Esparza fell 75 feet to her death while riding the Texas Giant roller coaster in July at the Arlington park. The ride reopened in September.
The woman's family sued Six Flags and coaster maker Gerstlauer Amusement Rides in state district court in Fort Worth. Six Flags, which denied any liability, has now joined in the lawsuit against Gerslauer.
Kenneth Broughton, a Houston attorney for Gerstlauer, tells the Fort Worth Star-Telegram the filing is a contract maneuver by Six Flags under its purchase contract with Gerslauer and is "pretty standard" in such cases.
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Screamscape schrieb:According to Screamscape sources, it seems the coaster incident at Adlabs Imagica was hardly the disaster that people have made it out to be. There was no derail, or even a car that slid off the tracks at all… despite the local media’s best attempt to make us think otherwise. The picture that was included with every story showing cars hanging from the track was actually taken long after when the train, which has simply stalled out on the track, was being removed from the track from where it got stuck.
So what was caused all the fuss? According to what I’m told there was an issue with something breaking on a wheel assembly, which brought the train to a very abrupt halt which caused the minor injury to two of the riders. No derail… no cars sliding off the track in mid-ride… nothing other than a coaster track that ground to a halt on the rails.
nbcnews.com schrieb:'Texas Giant' Builder Blames Six Flags in Death
The German manufacturer of the Texas Giant at Six Flags over Texas is blasting the amusement park.
In a cross-complaint filed in the case involving the death of a Dallas woman, Gerstlauer Amusement Rides said the park is solely to blame for the accident.
On July 19th, Rosy Esparza got on the Texas Giant and soon after plummeted to her death.
In the new court document, Gerstlauer said, "Six Flags failed to exercise reasonable care in their hiring, training and supervision of the ride operators... on the date of the accident."
Specifically adding, “…by not activating the Emergency Stop button at their fingertips when a Six Flags employee observed... Esparza's lap bar was 'too high' as the train left…"
Attorney Frank Branson, representing the Esparza family, said interviews with employees show that one of the workers operating the ride “had a button that could have stopped and should have stopped the ride,” but that button was not pressed.
The German maker also said Six Flags had a hand in designing the ride. Six Flags has blamed the death on a dangerous, defective ride.
Gerstlauer Amusement Rides said the park “expressly designed and specified in writing that there be no seat belts.”
Soon after the accident, seat belts were added, and there was a test seat put out, so people could see if they could safely get on the ride. Gerstlauer Amusement Rides said that seat was provided for the park two years prior to the accident, but never used.
Six Flags over Texas responded to the countersuit.
“The manufacturer assured Six Flags that the Texas Giant, without seat belts, was safe for riders. As an additional safety measure, when the ride re-opened in September, we added incremental and overlapping safety measures including re-designed restraint bar pads and new seat belts. The safety of our guests is our number one priority,” said Six Flags over Texas spokesperson Sharon Parker.
Screamscape schrieb:The latest news from the Texas Giant lawsuit now comes to us from Gerstlauer, who places the blame for the accident entirely in the lap of Six Flags. For example, they say that Six Flags ordered Gerstlauer to not use seat-belts in the train’s original design. “The trains were designed according to Six Flags’ specifications. Six Flags expressly designed and specified in writing that there be no seat belts on the trains for the Texas Giant.”
Gerstlauer also says that they delivered the test seat, with a red light that would indicate if a rider was too big to get the restraint down property, to Six Flags two whole years before the accident occurred. Six Flags chose not to use it in the park for this purpose until AFTER the accident.
Gerstlauer also claims that the Texas Giant staff running the ride the day of the accident were not properly trained. They did not perform the proper ”push-pull” test on the victim and should not have allowed the ride to begin a cycle with the lap bar in an incorrect position. They also point out that at least one employee on the station had access to a mobile Emergency Stop button, which if pressed, would have stopped the ride and prevented the accident. “This accident was caused solely by the failure of Six Flags’ own personnel to follow the ride and safety instructions and rules issued both by Gerstlauer and by Six Flags.”