Monorail crash at Epcot last night, 1 driver killed!

[Danauk]

I just read this on the theme park board, here is a link to the story.

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/19954891/detail.html

Prayers to all involved.

 

[gemmybear83]

This sounds all awful

 

[Pegasus928]

Oh no that is terrible news.

 

[Chilly]

That's terrible

 

[wayneg]

Disney's statement
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/7/5/492524.html

Sad news, 1st fatality in 38 years.
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/7/5/492520.html?title=Monorail+crash+at+Epcot+kills+driver+

 

[Kevin Stringer]

That's awful.

I always thought there were multiple safety systems in place to prevent this sort of thing. Something has obviously gone seriously wrong.

Kev

 

[disneyholic family]

terrible terrible...
and i'd completely forgotten that it was the 4th of july - which i guess explains why the very late running train (at 2 am)...

how horrible...

 

[TracyK]

How sad

Tracy

 

[nobodies36]

So sad.

 

[Dimplenose]

How tragic for the driver's family. Thank goodness a family wasn't riding up front.

(On a practical thought, it must be chaotic getting to the parks today if the monorail has been closed for investigations.)

 

[disneyholic family]

How tragic for the driver's family. Thank goodness a family wasn't riding up front.

(On a practical thought, it must be chaotic getting to the parks today if the monorail has been closed for investigations.)

i was thinking the same thing - especially for the monorail resorts...

 

[fizz13]

Like kevin I honestly thought something like this could never happen and thank god it wasn't a busier time of day. will be very interested to read how this occurred, and my heart goes out to that family.

and yes i imagine on a holiday weekend to have no monorail running is going to be a nightmare but rather they investigate this fully than another incident right now. Jeez, i am stunned by this!

 

[Pinky166]

How very sad. My thoughts to the drivers family & friends.

 

[disneyholic family]

Like kevin I honestly thought something like this could never happen and thank god it wasn't a busier time of day. will be very interested to read how this occurred, and my heart goes out to that family.

and yes i imagine on a holiday weekend to have no monorail running is going to be a nightmare but rather they investigate this fully than another incident right now. Jeez, i am stunned by this!

i would also have thought there was some sort of failsafe mechanism...
i guess not...

how many monorails do they have?

even if they're put back into servce, they'll be down 2....which has to be a problem in the peak summer season...

and if they don't re-open it quickly, those monorail resort people are going to complain (i can just hear them now)..

anyway, what a tragedy for that driver's family....terrible terrible...
he had to be cut out of the wreckage...seems it would take a bit of speed to do that...
could he have fallen asleep? since it was so late...

 

[Cyrano]

Watching this live this morning and my thoughts go out to the driver's family.
Reports suggest that 5-6 guests (including young children) were on the trains.

 

[BoingBoingBaggie]

Very sad news.

 

[wideeyes]

That's shocking, so sad. thoughts to the drivers family.

 

[disneyholic family]

local 6 has the picture up on their website now:

http://www.clickorlando.com/2009/0705/19955739_640X360.jpg

 

[wideeyes]

local 6 has the picture up on their website now:

http://www.clickorlando.com/2009/0705/19955739_640X360.jpg

That is an awful sight so shocked!

 

[Pegasus928]

That is a shocking sight.
And as someone pointed out it is such a relief that no families had chosen to ride up front with the driver.
Thoughts go out to the drivers family and anyone else involved.