AK Accident

[jenny_disney]

http://www.wdwinfo.com/news/article_001492.htm

Found the link on the DIS Unplugged board.

 

[VolleyballQt07]

Wow. That sucks!

 

[marypops!]

sounds very bad. At least there's no deaths reported.

 

[DarlingDonald]

Omg. That is horrible. Hopefully, everything will be end up ok.

 

[Tora Millypoops]

WOW! I'm glad that there were no deaths reported, but I hope they don't shut down the ride altogether.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

it could've been worse, something could've gone wrong with the ride.

 

[DarlingDonald]

I don't think they'll close the ride. It was not the ride's fault.

 

[BabyPiglet]

Oh wow. How horrible. The whole "red with blood" part really freaked me out.

Poor people.

 

[Babyjustrun]

That's awful.
The weird thing, is I searched Google News, and nothing showed.

 

[DarlingDonald]

I know. I can't find any info.

 

[CheezDoodle]

That's so terrible, I hope everyone's okay!

 

[The_Ryno]

That sucks for the people riding.
Never did like that ride.

 

[tinkerbelle22]

Whoa. That's terrible, I hope everything ends up alright! What a time to be riding the ride, huh?

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

Thank goodness everyone's not seriously injured.

 

[StephaBabe50]

What a scary thing. I hope everyone's alright..

 

[Raichu]

here is another link about it:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070529/ap_on_re_us/disney_ride_accident;_ylt=A0WTUcOmgFxGCkwB9QRH2ocA

 

[PrincessKally]

Thats horrible, but whats weird is first it says 6 were rushed to the hospital but it only says 5 were picked up by ambulances later on in the short article...random I know, but thuoght I'd point it out.

I hope there werent seriously injured.

 

[crazytp93]

6 injured on Animal Kingdom ride at Disney

Beth Kassab | Sentinel Staff Writer
Posted May 29, 2007, 2:16 PM EDT
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Five Walt Disney World guests and an employee were transported to the hospital Tuesday morning after the Kali River Rapids ride at Animal Kingdom was evacuated.

One of the rides' sensors caused the flumes to stop as they were traveling up a steep incline, prompting an evacuation about 10:20 a.m., said Bo Jones, deputy fire chief of the Reedy Creek Improvement District.

A platform designed to help transfer guests from the ride to the exit stairs malfunctioned during the evacuation.

One Disney employee may have suffered a bone fracture and the five guests suffered other minor injuries such as bruises and neck and back pain, Jones said.

The injured people included three teenagers, one 21-year-old and two people in their 40s.

Disney spokeswoman Kim Prunty said the reason the ride stopped is being investigated along with how the evacuation platform malfunctioned.

Kali River Rapids remains closed for now, she said.

"Our primary concern is for those who are impacted by the incident," Prunty said. "We're trying to determine what happened."



I hope all of the injured make a speedy recover. I highly doubt the ride will be closed permanetly, these are only minor injuries.

 

[patchesmommy]

Oh. I hope the people will be ok.

I wonder what the malfunction was or caused from?

 

[crazytp93]

Oh. I hope the people will be ok.

I wonder what the malfunction was or caused from?

A sensor malfunctioned. And then during the ride evacuation a staircase of something malfunctioned.