Ohio State Fair Accident

• slingshot4ever

  1 dead, 7 injured...caution on video
  
  https://mobile.twitter.com/BostonDaveOH/status/890380433023791104/video/1
• Classyposter58

  

  Who's had a worse summer? The Ohio State Fair or the Cleveland Cavs
• cat_lover

  The answer is the Detroit Tigers.
  
  Boom goes the dynamite.
• Al Bundy

  Prayers from Massillon
• Ironman92

  

  Terrible terrible tragedy. Video is scary.
• friendfromlowry

  My Facebook newsfeed is full of Monday morning QBs saying that's why you don't ride carnival rides.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Lol holy shit. How does that even happen
• FatHobbit

  

  friendfromlowry;1864199 wrote:My Facebook newsfeed is full of Monday morning QBs saying that's why you don't ride carnival rides.

  I don't disagree with them. The people working those rides aren't the best of the best.
• slingshot4ever

  SportsAndLady;1864202 wrote:Lol holy shit. How does that even happen

  i wasn't thinking "lol", but to each their own
  
  appears that that section of seats hit the base of the ride on the upswing
• vball10set

  slingshot4ever;1864178 wrote:1 dead, 7 injured...caution on video
  
  https://mobile.twitter.com/BostonDaveOH/status/890380433023791104/video/1

  Ironman92;1864197 wrote:Terrible terrible tragedy. Video is scary.

  
  don't see video here--has it been removed?
• Ironman92

  

  vball10set;1864217 wrote:don't see video here--has it been removed?

  Saw it on FB
• vball10set

  Ironman92;1864223 wrote:Saw it on FB

  just found it (but wish I hadn't)
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udvksPX4WUU
• like_that

  

  Classyposter58;1864183 wrote:Who's had a worse summer? The Ohio State Fair or the Cleveland Cavs

  Whenever you have the chance to poke fun of a professional sports franchise (significantly better than Detroit) at the expense of somebody dying (amongst the numerous injured) in a tragic accident you gotta do it.
  
  Somehow you get older by age, yet you still act like a child. Grow up.
• justincredible

  

  vball10set;1864225 wrote:just found it (but wish I hadn't)
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udvksPX4WUU

  Dear God.
• Fab4Runner

  

  So sad and scary. I was at Cedar Point yesterday when I saw the news, and while I trust Cedar Fair a whole lot more than random carnival workers, it still made me think about how badly things could end if something broke or malfunctioned.
  
  I am not sure when the last time I rode something at a fair or carnival was, but I definitely used to all the time when I was a kid.
• Zunardo

  The last time I rode a thrill ride at the Ohio State Fair? I remember it well - the Zipper in 1986.
  
  I saw the video last night - it was like bad dreams I had back in the day about being in a roller coaster that careens off the edge of the track - that awful feeling of being flung into space and being helpless to do anything about it.
• ppaw1999

  Very sad event. Going to the fair Sunday to see "Fluffy." Could care less about the rides.
• FatHobbit

  

  Zunardo;1864246 wrote:The last time I rode a thrill ride at the Ohio State Fair? I remember it well - the Zipper in 1986.

  I love the zipper. I think i read recently that they had to retire it because they couldn't find parts anymore.
• ts1227

  

  Fab4Runner;1864240 wrote:So sad and scary. I was at Cedar Point yesterday when I saw the news, and while I trust Cedar Fair a whole lot more than random carnival workers, it still made me think about how badly things could end if something broke or malfunctioned.
  
  I am not sure when the last time I rode something at a fair or carnival was, but I definitely used to all the time when I was a kid.

  The only time I've ever been on a malfunctioning ride was actually at Cedar Point (Mean Streak, luckily it was after the ride and very minor - they couldn't get the cars to lock in and therefore release the restraints for a good 15 minutes)
  
  Unfortunately it's going to happen, it's something mechanical that's worked pretty damn hard. They said there were no issues on the inspection, so who knows.
  
  Will it stop me from riding something at a fair, or letting my kids once they're that age? Doubt it. But there's always that very small chance something goes to shit
• Bill Hicks

  Oh my
• slingshot4ever

  More likely to die in a car accident than on a ride at the fair.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  FatHobbit;1864205 wrote:I don't disagree with them. The people working those rides aren't the best of the best.

  In HS, my buddies and I used to help take down the Cuyahoga County Fair rides. We were idiots and had no clue what we were doing, yet they paid us to help take down rides. Completely inappropriate, but probably the only way they can run a fair at a price that attracts people. I would not ride a fair ride, particularly one that goes high into the air.
• salto

  

  SportsAndLady;1864202 wrote:Lol holy shit. How does that even happen

  Only a piece of shit would "lol" at this tragedy. Congrats on being that guy S&L.
• SportsAndLady

  

  salto;1864378 wrote:Only a piece of shit would "lol" at this tragedy. Congrats on being that guy S&L.

  Please.
  
  You laugh at people's deaths. I'm not laughing at their death.
• Ironman92

  

  This story gets worse and worse
  
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4736496/Marine-Tyler-Jarrell-killed-Ohio-State-Fair-Fireball.html