29yrswithaGApass Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 24 stuck, then rescued on Six Flags ride in Maryland WUSA-TV, Washington, D.C. 7:39 p.m. EDT August 10, 2014 UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — Two dozen people were rescued from a roller coaster ride at the Six Flags America amusement park in Maryland, according to Prince George's County Fire Department. Fire officials responded as a train on the Joker's Jinx roller coaster at the park in Upper Marlboro, Md., stopped on the track Sunday afternoon, about 45 feet from the ground, said a spokesperson for Six Flags. All 24 people on the ride were safe and uninjured, a spokesperson for Six Flags said. Seven children and 17 adults were among those stuck on the ride, the fire department said. A Six Flags America spokesman said in a statement that it is not yet clear what caused the ride to stop but that it has a computerized safety system that "performed as it is designed to." Assistant Fire Chief Paul Gomez said Sunday afternoon the car the riders were stuck in was sitting upright near the top of the ride. He predicted it would take a few hours to get the riders off the coaster. By 7 p.m. Eastern Time, the riders were on the ground, removed one by one by firefighters using a bucket lift. The Six Flags website says the ride goes 60 mph and goes upside down four times. At least it isn't another lift walk-down article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixflagsdude101 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 (edited) does anyone else think the media blows these types of events out or proportion?? Im not saying this in particular was blown out of proportion but in any accident the media is right there and adds insignificant facts about the ride making the rollercoasters look deadly. For example, was it necessary for a helicopter to be hovering above the rip rocket ride at universal while it got stuck? Edited August 11, 2014 by sixflagsdude101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 From the picture it looks like a strange place for the ride to stop. I would have expected to seen it valley in the cobra roll or in between the cobra roll and sidewinder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fetish911 Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Yes sixflagsdude I totally agree. It seems like the news blows any roller coaster goings on out of proportion. When Nitro stopped on the lift hill and OMG...people had to take the steps!? The horror. No body is injured (thank goodness) so really is it 6'oclock news worthy? I don't think so, but then who the hell am I!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warnerleroy Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 CBS just did a report on this and showed footage from both this and the ninja at Magic Mountain -__- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 And on ABC they showed Zumanjaro and people walking down Nitro's lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 At least they don't do what they used to do on the New York news shows. For MANY years any time there was a story about a ride accident anywhere it would turn into "...this is similar to a ride they have at Great Adventure, where eight teenagers died in a fire..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanobieFan Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 (edited) Oh Six Flags. Good thing no one was hurt. It's a fun coaster I hear. Edited August 15, 2014 by CanobieFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Password121 Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Jokers Jinx is launched considerably slower than it's cousin- Flight of Fear at Kings a Dominion. I have ridden both many times, and I can tell you Jokers Jinx consistently meanders around 5-10 mph at that particular track section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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