‘Hero’ passengers secure girl mid-roller coaster as her seatbelt fails

Cassie Evins has ridden the tallest roller coaster at a Missouri amusement park more than 150 times over two decades. She ...

Couple riding KC roller coaster may have saved a life. Now, they hope to help more

Groups registered safety concerns about seat belts on the Mamba roller coaster at Kansas City’s Worlds of Fun amusement park on back-to-back days last month.
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Riders claim they had to hold girl in roller coaster seat after seat belt lets loose

A couple said they had to hold another passenger in her seat on a roller coaster when her seat belt came undone.

Missouri couple saved young girl’s life after ‘blood-curdling scream’ alerted them that her seatbelt popped open on roller coaster

We get on the roller coaster and the very first hill, the girl sitting behind my wife just lets out this blood-curdling ...
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Universal put ‘profits over people’ by reopening roller coaster where man died, family says

The family of a man who died after riding a roller coaster at Universal has condemned the theme park’s decision to reopen the ride. Kevin Rodriguez Zavala, 32, “died accidentally” from blunt force ...

Six Flags America permanently closes after decades of operation: 'I will be crying'

Months after the Six Flags chain announced in May that the 131-acre park in Bowie, Md., would close on Nov. 2, Six Flags America held its final day of operation Sunday with large crowds swarming the ...