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Old 07-04-2011, 10:18 AM   #17252
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I'm a bit surprised that the Daily Mail, of all the newspapers here in the UK, have the story on their website.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ando-ride.html

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Originally Posted by Daily Mail
A man has died after falling from a fairground ride billed as a 'carousel on steroids'.

Families watched in horror as Justin Honeycutt fell from about 90 foot up as he worked on the Starflyer ride at the Magical Midway Thrill Park in Orlando.

The 30-year-old wrestler who was working at the park was found by rescue workers unconscious suspended in the air by a safety harness. He had fallen about six feet.
A witness said she saw the man climbing the ride and her children said the ride started moving when a counterweight apparently hit him.

'I was there to see the blood,' she told local station News 4. 'The machine came down on him, and they went to go tell someone and no one believed them until finally when I started screaming, “Blood, blood”.'

Firefighters said Mr Honeycutt was an employee at magical Midway and was working on the ride while it was closed for repairs at about 2pm on Saturday.

Orange County fire chief Mark Smothers said: 'We are not sure why he fell, but he did fall. 'He received life-threatening injuries from which he did expire. 'It is under investigation. We will turn it over and the sheriff's office will treat it as a death investigation.'

The park re-opened yesterday but the Starflyer ride remains closed while it is inspected by investigators.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services are looking into the incident.

Mr Honeycutt fights in Florida using the wrestler name 'Ryze'.

The ride has been described at the highest and fastest carousel ride in the U.S. It swings thrillseekers at 235 feet off the ground at speed of up to 54mph. Guide book Beyond Disney said: 'Once you've overcome the vision of having your body flung onto I-Drive, you will have to resist the urge of having your stomach follow suit.

'Although the ride may induce motion sickness and mild terror, the view from the top of the Starflyer is one of the best in Orlando.'
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