TOP 10 MOST DANGEROUS RIDES IN THE WORLD PART-2

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Rough Riders, Coney Island, New York.

Rough Riders was a roller coaster built by William F. Mangels and located on Bowery Street in New York City's Coney Island from 1907 to 1916. It was known for its many accidents which led it to its closure. W.F. Mangels installed his Rough Riders roller coaster on the Bowery and Jones Walk in 1907. The ride was a "switchback railway," similar to Coney Island's first roller coaster from 1884. The ride began at the top of a hill, not at ground level, and reached a chained lift hill later on in the ride. It was a third rail electric roller coaster, in which the ride's operator turned off all electric power after the initial ascent. However, when the mechanism broke or the operator failed to turn it off, it would cause the ride to go at speeds too fast and overturn. Three people died on June 22, 1910, and when the train derailed again in 1915 and caused three more deaths, it was decided that the ride should be shut down. On the ride, people went past scenes from the Spanish–American War, and ride workers wore Spanish–American War uniforms.

Fujin Raijin II, Expoland, Suita, Japan. 

Expoland, located in Suita, Japan was opened as the amusement zone at the International Exposition in 1970  in Osaka and thrived for over 30 years as an amusement park. There were more than 40 rides and attractions (including 8 roller coasters and 19 restaurants and shops.

On May 5, 2007, Fujin Raijin II, the park's TOGO stand-up coaster, derailed, killing a 19-year-old university student from Higashiomi, Shiga, and injuring an additional nineteen guests. Initial reports said that forty people were injured, with thirty-one being taken to hospital. An investigation revealed that the ride derailed due to a broken axle. None of the ride vehicle's axles had been replaced for fifteen years. Following this accident, similar coasters at other Japanese parks were voluntarily shut down and inspected to see if they could also have the same axle flaw. Expoland was cited by authorities for faulty maintenance when similar axle cracks were found on a second train a month later.

The park reopened after the accident but closed again on December 9, 2007, citing a lack of attendance. On February 9, 2009, its owners finally decided that the park was permanently closed down for good.

 Big Dipper, Battersea Park, London, England

The Big Dipper was a wooden roller coaster located at Battersea Park in London, opened in 1951, and was one of the Battersea Park Funfair's biggest attractions. The ride was the main attraction of the funfair, opened as part of the Festival of Britain. It closed in 1972 after an accident killed five passengers at once. 

Height: 15 m

Closed: 30 May 1972

Opened: 1951

Track length: 1,200 m

Trains: 3 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 4 rows for a total of 24 riders per train

Lift/launch system: Rope lift

Mindbender, Fantasyland, Edmonton, Alberta.

The Mindbender is an Anton Schwarzkopf looping roller coaster that opened in 1985 at Galaxyland Amusement Park, a theme park located in West Edmonton Mall, in Alberta, Canada. At 44.2 m (145 ft) in height, it is the tallest indoor roller coaster in the world as of 2020. Mindbender was designed by Germany's Werner Stengel and built by Anton Schwarzkopf It was inspired by this team's previous design, Dreier Looping, a portable coaster that traveled the German funfair circuit, before being sold to a succession of amusement parks in Malaysia, Great Britain, and most recently, Mexico. 

On the evening of 14 June 1986, the fourth car of a train traveling midway along the course derailed before encountering the third and final loop. Its wheel assembly had become detached from both the track and car itself, causing the car to sway back and forth across the tracks. The car became damaged, and the lap bar restraints unlocked and released, throwing all four of its passengers to the concrete floor below. The train continued to move along the track and into the final loop, but friction from the car's derailment slowed the train and prevented it from clearing the loop. As it rolled backward down the loop, the detached car crashed into a concrete pillar about midway down, stopping the train abruptly. Three of the four passengers thrown from the ride died, while the fourth was left critically injured with permanent, life-altering effects. The remaining passengers were safely evacuated and treated at a nearby hospital with minor injuries. An investigation later determined that four cap screws holding the wheel assembly together failed, which were likely the result of design flaws and unsatisfactory maintenance routines.

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