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Most of the injured were treated and released by local hospitals, though several victims were admitted for injuries ranging from bruises and facial cuts to a broken leg, hospital supervisors said yesterday.
Names of the victims have not been released yet. Witnesses have said most victims appeared to be teenagers or young adults.
Frank Heyman, director of operations for Metropolitan Ambulance Services Trust, said 30 patients were transported to nine hospitals. Sixteen paramedic units were dispatched from Kansas City area locations.
The accident on the wood-constructed Timber Wolf occurred about 100 feet from the end of the ride when one train rear-enclosed another train stopped on the track. Each train carried 24 persons in six cars.
Green said the trains were computer monitored and controlled. For some unknown reason, the computer had not dispatched the frist train onto the track before the second train coasted into the loading platform.
"It was a difficult operation because crews were working on wet track," he said, "and some victims had to be extricated from the cars on backboards."
One witness, Brian Harkness, 24, of Lenexa, said he was on the loading platform taking pictures of his girlfriend just before the accident occurred. She was seated in the front of the stopped train when it was hit
"The builder of the ride is in town from Cincinnati going over plans and blueprints with our people," he said. "It's a complicated process because the problem could be a combination of different things."
"When the trains hit, there was not a lot of hysteria," he said. "A few girls were messed up pretty bad and in some scene was pretty well-controlled."
from behind.
The collision, which occurred opening day at the Kansas City, Mo., amusement park, injured more than 35 passengers.
Roller coaster crash hurts 35 Investigators try to determine cause of collision at Worlds of Fun
"The cars tried to ride up on top of each other from the impact and there was no time to warn people," he said. The $3 million ride, which opened last April, is the park's newest attraction.
Harkness said passengers in the back of the incoming train were injured the worst form the whiplash effect of the collision.
By Buck Taylor Kansan staff writer
A roller coaster builder and Worlds of Fun officials met yesterday to examine blueprints and determine the cause of Saturday's collision of two roller coaster trains.
Jeff Merritt, a former KU English graduate teaching assistant and member of the American Coaster Enthusiasts, said the Timber Wolf roller coasters in the country best roller coasters in the country by enthusiast organizations.
He guessed the problem was computer-related, and he stressed that some accidents were inevitable.
"While not pleasant, accidents are so infrequent that most people sort of live with them," he said. "And statistically, roller coasters are the safest rides in an amusement park." He also contributed information to this story.
cause for the accident has been determined.
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You should know:
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Random Aztech
The Mongol Beach Party
Age of Boomerang
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Karen Herman, former chairperson of KC Mayor Richard Berkley's Task Force on Food and Hunger
7:00 p.m. in the Kansas Room, Kansas Union
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Wescoe Beach
April 8: Third World Dinner 6:00 p.m. at St. Lawrence Catholic Center
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The tropical rain and evergreen forests represent 50% of the earth's remaining forest
In 1987 the US federal
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39% of this went to military spending.
17% paid interest on the national debt.
4% was spent on education.
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