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Three Injured On Disneyland Roller Coaster
# Injuries Considered To Be Minor
Jul 8, 2004 8:41 pm US/Pacific
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Three people suffered minor back and neck pain Thursday after two trains bumped into each other on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride at Disneyland, authorities said.
It was the second accident on the roller coaster in less than a year.
A 10-year-old boy, a 44-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man were transported by private ambulance to a local area hospital after an accident on the roller coaster about 5:05 p.m., said Maria Sabol, an Anaheim Fire Department spokeswoman.
The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride was closed pending an investigation by the state Division of Occupational Health and Safety, according to a Disney statement.
Police Sgt. Rick Martinez said that because the accident was "not serious enough to warrant a police investigation," the department would take a medical aid report and leave the investigation to state officials.
Last September, 22-year-old Marcelo Torres of Gardena was killed on the same roller coaster when the car in which he was riding ran into a derailed locomotive in front of him. Ten other people were hurt.
The ride reopened on March 10 after state safety officials cleared it for operation. State officials concluded after a three-month investigation that faulty maintenance had caused the collision.
Just days after the ride resumed operating, Torres' parents suggested at a press conference that more time was needed to study flaws that caused the fatal accident.
Twenty-four people have claimed injuries from riding the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad since mid-2001, the state reported last fall.
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Three Injured On Disneyland Roller Coaster
# Injuries Considered To Be Minor
Jul 8, 2004 8:41 pm US/Pacific
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Three people suffered minor back and neck pain Thursday after two trains bumped into each other on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride at Disneyland, authorities said.
It was the second accident on the roller coaster in less than a year.
A 10-year-old boy, a 44-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man were transported by private ambulance to a local area hospital after an accident on the roller coaster about 5:05 p.m., said Maria Sabol, an Anaheim Fire Department spokeswoman.
The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride was closed pending an investigation by the state Division of Occupational Health and Safety, according to a Disney statement.
Police Sgt. Rick Martinez said that because the accident was "not serious enough to warrant a police investigation," the department would take a medical aid report and leave the investigation to state officials.
Last September, 22-year-old Marcelo Torres of Gardena was killed on the same roller coaster when the car in which he was riding ran into a derailed locomotive in front of him. Ten other people were hurt.
The ride reopened on March 10 after state safety officials cleared it for operation. State officials concluded after a three-month investigation that faulty maintenance had caused the collision.
Just days after the ride resumed operating, Torres' parents suggested at a press conference that more time was needed to study flaws that caused the fatal accident.
Twenty-four people have claimed injuries from riding the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad since mid-2001, the state reported last fall.
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