Another Fatality on Rye Playland’s Scrambler

Rye Playland has had a bad run — within the last few years, they’ve had two young children die on their rides (one on the Scrambler, one on their mill ride), and yesterday, a young woman died on the same Scrambler.  There are virtually no details yet about the newest case.  Update: The Daily News reports that she was an employee, but does not say whether she was operating the ride or simply a patron.

The prior cases involved quite young children dying after coming out of the ride restraints for reasons that aren’t really known.  Both fit in the pattern of some of the accidents involving Sizzlers, where young children are allowed to ride without parents but the restraints do not prevent panicked or otherwise misbehaving kids from being injured or killed.

Of course, this accident appears to have involved a 20-year-old, so those issues may not be directly relevant.  I’ll post updates if I hear any.

–BC