The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon. Visitors to the Oaks Park amusement park boarded the AtmosFEAR. The fear of their lives.
Half an hour upside down several tens of meters from the ground. Friday in Oregon, in the United States, around thirty people were probably scared of their lives. These visitors to the Oaks Park amusement park had just taken a seat in the AtmosFEAR when the thrill ride suffered a breakdown.
Screams of joy turn into screams of terror
It stopped not at the bottom but at its highest point…the cries of joy then transformed into screams of terror, according to the Washington Post. The incident occurred around 2:55 p.m. and emergency services arrived on site around twenty minutes later, according to a press release from the amusement park published on social networks. There were no injuries, although one of the passengers had to be taken to hospital for check-ups.
On X, several videos bear witness to this moment of anguish. One of them shows the exact moment when the ride stops, continuing to spin for a few seconds before coming to a complete stop.
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Oaks Park recalls that AtmosFEAR has been operating since 2021 and that until now, it has not encountered any problems. The ride will be checked to identify the causes of this malfunction. “In recent years, incidents of this type in amusement parks have been frequent and this new episode is unlikely to improve their reputation”underlines The Dispatch.
