A 9NEWS legal expert weighs in on whether or not an amusement park is liable if someone is injured or dies on a ride.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — Following the death of a six-year-old girl, new documents obtained by 9NEWS partners at the Denver Gazette detail previous incidents at Glenwood Caverns.
In the last 15 years, more than a dozen incidents have resulted in injuries, but the park has never been held liable.
"There’s a number of factors to look into because if there are a number of accidents of the same nature. For example, the same ride or the same type of mechanism is failing — that can certainly increase the park's liability,” 9NEWS legal analyst Whitney Traylor said.
Traylor is referring to the Alpine Coaster at Glenwood Caverns. According to documents obtained by the Denver Gazette, the ride had nearly a dozen incidents investigated by the Colorado Division of Oil and Public Safety since 2007. Most of the incidents resulted in injury.
"The Alpine ride, I think, is a unique situation, because that’s the one ride or one of maybe a few rides where the rider has some sort of control about the speed and braking and how quickly they brake," Traylor said.
Documents say in 2007, a parent and daughter were thrown from the ride into a fence and hospitalized.
In 2010, a 10-year-old was ejected from the ride and landed in rocks. Documents say his face was dripping blood. Three days later, the Alpine Coaster failed a speed test.
In 2011, a woman broke her back after she failed...
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