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Amusement parks should be a place of fun and frolic for a child. They should be a place where kids can play and be kids in safe environment but that is not always the case. In a study released by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), an average of 7,000 people a year are treated in emergency rooms for injuries sustained in amusement park ride accidents in the U.S. The CPSC considers that a very low number considering that an estimated 270 million plus people visit American amusement parks each year. Of these, 17.9% occur to children 10-14 years old, 12.6% occur to children 5-9 years old, 13.8% occur to children 15-19 years old, and 6.3% occur to children 0-4 years old. The CPSC notes that the leading cause of these accidents is rider misconduct. However, that still leaves a number of accidents accountable to employee error, lack of maintenance, and faulty equipment.

Have you or someone you know been injured in an amusement park and need the help of an Indianapolis Amusement Park Lawyer? Contact Tony Zirkle an Indianapolis Amusement Park Lawyer with experience in injury cases today!

There are two basic types of amusement rides mobile and fixed-site rides. The CPSC only has jurisdiction over mobile rides but it compiles injury information on both. The CPSC estimates there are 20.8 injuries per million attendants at fixed-site amusement parks. The study also sites that females make up 60.8% of injury victims and they are about 1.5 times more likely to be injured than males who make up 39.2% of injury victims. Fixed-site rides accounted for about 2/3 of the total number of injuries.

Some cases of amusement park ride accidents include:

• A 13-year-old girl who had both feet severed on the Superman Tower of Power at Six Flags in Kentucky Kingdom.
• A 7-year-old boy died after he fell out of a Sizzler ride and another car struck his head at a carnival in Hope, Arkansas.
• A 4-year-old boy drowned in the wave pool at the Wilderness Resort Hotel’s indoor water park in Lake Delton, Wisconsin.
• A 16-year-old girl was killed after falling 45 feet from the Air Glory freefall ride at a festival in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
• Twenty-three people sustained injuries when a circular chain-suspended swing ride known as the Yo-Yo collapsed at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds in Angels Camp, California.
• Six people were injured when a special platform that carries riders to the exit failed on the Kali River Rapids ride at Disney World’s Animal Kingdom theme park in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
• One person had to be treated at a local medical center and nine were treated at the park's first aid station after two Wildcat roller coasters collided at Cedar Point theme park in Sandusky, Ohio.
• Two teens had to hold on for their lives after their padded shoulder harnesses swung open while they were 20 feet in the air on the Xtasy ride at the Manatee County Fair in Palmetto, Florida.

Amusement or carnival ride accidents can happen when you least expect them. You have to be vigilant and cautious whenever riding an amusement park ride in any theme park or fair. However, if anything does happen you will need a lawyer that understands the intricacies of injury defense

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