First responders were called to assist an injured coaster rider at the Branson Coaster on West 76 Country Boulevard in Branson, Missouri, according to Branson Fire Rescue. - Branson Professional Firefighters Local 152/TNS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Headlines across the country have been abundant with news of shocking theme park accidents in the last several weeks, some of them fatal. Last month, a Tennessee boy got caught under a Missouri coaster and was seriously injured. And in early June a woman died from internal bleeding after sustaining an injury while riding a roller coaster in Indiana. It was ruled an accident. The likelihood of dying on a roller coaster is pretty low, with odds at roughly one in 750 million, according to the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions. But when injuries do hap...
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