The World's Deadliest Roller Coaster Crash

Corrections/clarifications: 02:33 This should say: “parts of the ride were nearly half a century old”, not the ride in its entirety. See 09:15 for clarification – it was later discovered that the owner had “bought a replacement which was more than 50 years old.” (Evening Standard, 26/02/73).

There is something particularly tragic about someone surviving the crash, but falling to their death moments after

The fact that people went back to enjoying their day at the park during this tragedy is chilling.

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• quality narration • photos of the actual incident • extensive details This channel is going somewhere

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It’s despicable how they were acquitted of the charges. Poor children, may they rest in peace. The fact that the ride had so many defects and the park continued as per normal afterwards??!? is so tragic. Gosh poor angels

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Finally, a horror story channel whose narrator doesn't have an utterly intolerable voice.

I worked at a major amusement park in Missouri, USA, from 1975-77. I was there when an accident happened on a ride that killed some people. It is amazing how the park immediately went into defense mode to protect themselves. They claimed it was checked every morning and found to be safe. But their “checking” consisted of starting it up and riding it across the park. It was a lie. They got a huge roller coaster in 1976 and the checks they did on it were about the same. Fortunately they never had a big disaster on it like this, but that is a matter of luck. Many times people on their coaster died during the ride. I saw them taken off and they were white as a sheet. Clearly they were dead. But they put the body in an ambulance and later the news reports were that they died on the way to the hospital. That way it didn’t look so bad on the park.

I have lived in London all my life, have been to Battersea Park hundreds of times, and yet this is the first time I have heard of this. Why isnt is more well known? Such a tragic loss of young lives

It's tense when you're on a coaster and it's going up the first incline. To be on one, and it doesn't make the first uphill climb, and starts falling backwards would be absolutely terrifying. I can't imagine the horror those children had to go through.

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Thinking of children being trapped in the wreckage is heartbreaking.

Its tragic that this event happened. But it also shows how safe modern coasters are. The fact that the largest desth toll was 5 is insane when you factor how tall new coasters are plus how many people it can hold. Of course all these new safety features were learned from terrible accidents that involved deaths. Things like backup lock outs for chain lifts and inspections and test runs all have been invented due to deaths and injuries.

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