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1 Killed 50 Injured At Kennywood
Submitted By: ThmPrkCrtc on 6/2/2002 5:27:00 PM
Sad news out of Kennywood yesterday. The shelter than houses "The Whip" ride colapsed in a storm yesterday causing the injuries and death.

Kennywood officials said they knew of no other fatalities, but hours after the pavilion collapsed, rescue workers were still searching through it to make sure no one else was trapped.

Police dogs also were brought to the park, but as of early this morning, they had found no other trapped people.

Kennywood employees who would not give their names said the Whip is known as a "Code Red" area, where people can be directed for shelter in case of a storm.

Comments:

ABR on 3/23/2003 2:18:00 PM said:
Dang, I was there a couple months after that. I wondered why the shelter looked brand new! But they made no reference to those people.
 
ktlynsbud on 7/23/2006 9:42:00 AM said:
Thats bad all that people have to be injured in that accident so they should be careful next time and you are hearing this from a KENNYWOOD fan
 
PhantomRev on 9/13/2006 4:38:00 PM said:
i know this is years later, and im late on this, but the whip wasnt the only thing that caused those injuries. People were injured from all the debris flying around and everything.
 
thare on 6/2/2007 8:09:00 PM said:
I remember watching this on the news. I was sad because I loved the whip, and I was sad for the people on it.
 
cpfan0446 on 6/10/2007 12:05:00 AM said:
ABR you have to be lying, the shelter wouldn't of looked brand new because it was never rebuilt.....
 
Canobie Coaster on 7/23/2007 9:02:00 AM said:

http://kdka.com/local/local_story_201150012.html

The family of the one guest who died in this tragic incident 5 years ago has been awarded $1.2 million if someone is at fault. Now they are checking if someone is liable, or it was just a natural disaster (microburst). 50 others were injured in this accident along with that one death.
 
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