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Boy, 4, dies after Disney fun ride
June 16, 2005
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Miami: A four-year-old boy has died after passing out on a ride at Walt Disney World that is so intense it carries sick bags and has resulted in several passengers being treated for chest pain.
Staff at the Florida theme park tried to revive Daudi Bamuwamye after his mother carried him off the Mission: Space attraction unconscious on Tuesday. He was taken to a nearby hospital but died.
An autopsy is to be carried out to determine the cause of death.
Police said Daudi met the minimum 112-centimetre height requirement for the ride, which simulates a rocket launch and trip to Mars using centrifugal force.
Officials said the boy, from Pennsylvania, was on the ride with his mother and a sister.
During the ride, the mother noticed Daudi's body was rigid and his legs were stretched straight out. She told detectives she thought he was frightened so she took his hand.
"When the ride ended, the victim was limp and unresponsive in his seat," a sheriff's report said.
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AdvertisementThe ride, one of Walt Disney World's most popular, was closed after the death but it was reopened after company engineers concluded that it was operating normally.
Disney began placing motion sickness bags in the ride in 2003. During an eight-month period in 2003-2004, six people over 55 years of age were taken to hospital for treatment of chest pain and nausea after riding Mission: Space. At the time the ride was responsible for more hospital visits than any other Florida attraction.
A 77-year-old woman who was in poor health from diabetes and several mini-strokes died in February after going on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at the Magic Kingdom. A medical examiner's report said her death was "not unexpected".
Signs warn visitors about the intensity of the Mission: Space ride and warn people with blood pressure, heart, back or neck problems or susceptibility to motion sickness not to go on it.
Signs also warn pregnant women not to go on the ride.
It recreates a rocket launch and a trip to Mars. A clock counts down before a simulated blast-off that includes smoke and flame and the sound of roaring rocket engines. The G-forces twist and distort riders' faces.
Disney officials said in a statement after the boy's death that they were "providing support to the family and are doing everything we can to help them during this difficult time".
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Boy-4-dies-after-Disney-fun-ride/2005/06/15/1118645868682.html
Boy, 4, dies after Disney fun ride
June 16, 2005
Page Tools
Email to a friend Printer format
Miami: A four-year-old boy has died after passing out on a ride at Walt Disney World that is so intense it carries sick bags and has resulted in several passengers being treated for chest pain.
Staff at the Florida theme park tried to revive Daudi Bamuwamye after his mother carried him off the Mission: Space attraction unconscious on Tuesday. He was taken to a nearby hospital but died.
An autopsy is to be carried out to determine the cause of death.
Police said Daudi met the minimum 112-centimetre height requirement for the ride, which simulates a rocket launch and trip to Mars using centrifugal force.
Officials said the boy, from Pennsylvania, was on the ride with his mother and a sister.
During the ride, the mother noticed Daudi's body was rigid and his legs were stretched straight out. She told detectives she thought he was frightened so she took his hand.
"When the ride ended, the victim was limp and unresponsive in his seat," a sheriff's report said.
Advertisement
AdvertisementThe ride, one of Walt Disney World's most popular, was closed after the death but it was reopened after company engineers concluded that it was operating normally.
Disney began placing motion sickness bags in the ride in 2003. During an eight-month period in 2003-2004, six people over 55 years of age were taken to hospital for treatment of chest pain and nausea after riding Mission: Space. At the time the ride was responsible for more hospital visits than any other Florida attraction.
A 77-year-old woman who was in poor health from diabetes and several mini-strokes died in February after going on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at the Magic Kingdom. A medical examiner's report said her death was "not unexpected".
Signs warn visitors about the intensity of the Mission: Space ride and warn people with blood pressure, heart, back or neck problems or susceptibility to motion sickness not to go on it.
Signs also warn pregnant women not to go on the ride.
It recreates a rocket launch and a trip to Mars. A clock counts down before a simulated blast-off that includes smoke and flame and the sound of roaring rocket engines. The G-forces twist and distort riders' faces.
Disney officials said in a statement after the boy's death that they were "providing support to the family and are doing everything we can to help them during this difficult time".
