A Center Parcs ride is the focus of an investigation after a raft flipped over, injuring a man and two children. The man and his nephew, 12, and niece, 13, were hurt on the Tropical Cyclone ride at the holiday firm's site in Longleat, Wiltshire, on 19 August. The man was taken to hospital with [...]
A rollercoaster carriage has derailed in Mexico City, killing at least two people. Another two were injured in the accident at La Feria Chapultepec amusement park on Saturday. Eyewitnesses said the victims fell from the last carriage of the Chimera rollercoaster in the park. The popular park was closed soon after the incident, and the [...]
A door on a passenger train was open for 23 minutes while the vehicle travelled at 80mph (128km/h). A passenger reported it to the driver at Hockley station, in Essex, at 07:20 BST on the Liverpool Street to Southend line on 22 August, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said. The train travelled in traffic [...]
A TOTAL of 30 people have been injured after a huge LED screen collapsed onto fans at a rap gig in Germany. Rapper Casper and hip hop artist Marteria were performing on stage at around 9.20pm when the monitor fell down during stormy weather at the event in Essen. One gig goer said it was [...]
Part of the roof structure at Tomorrowland's Freedom stage has sunk. Tomorrowland festival, which took place last weekend from the 18th to the 21st July in Boom and runs this weekend for a second installment, unveiled a newly redesigned Freedom stage this year. Featuring brand new lighting panels that can be raised and lowered, the [...]
This is the terrifying moment a funfair ride crashed down killing two people and injuring 29 others in western India. The incident took place on Sunday at Balvatika Amusement Park near Kanakaria lake in Gujarat state's Ahmedabad city. The horrific video shows the joyride, named 'Discovery', coming down after its load-bearing cable snapped when the [...]
A seven-year-old boy believed to have fallen from a rollercoaster is in a critical condition, police have said. Witnesses said he fell from the Twister rollercoaster at Lightwater Valley, near Ripon, North Yorkshire, on Thursday. People reported hearing screams and seeing him "hanging backwards" from the carriage. Police said the boy was taken to hospital [...]
Jack Roberts suffered a spinal injury while working underneath the theatre stage. A Swansea man who hurt his back while working as an assistant stage manager on a production of The Railway Children at a London theatre has launched a High Court legal battle for compensation of more than £200,000. A writ issued at London’s [...]
An explosion on the set of the new James Bond movie at Pinewood Studios has injured a crew member and damaged a stage. The “controlled explosion” damaged the outside of the famous 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, where the spy franchise is filmed. No one working inside the studio was hurt, but one crew [...]
It’s official – Lady Gaga can make everything look like it’s easy after falling off a robot in the middle of her Las Vegas residency and yet even managing to make that look graceful. The performer was giving it her all on stage as she mounted a giant moving robot during a futuristic section of [...]
