A freak accident at a theme park left one man concussed when a rider’s cellular phone flew off a curler coaster and smacked him within the head.
David Carter was driving the Maverick curler coaster at Ohio’s Cedar Level theme park on Saturday when he was struck within the head by a rogue cellular phone that flew off of a passenger seated three rows forward.
The collision left him bloody with open head wounds and a concussion because the curler coaster was cruising at speeds over 70 miles per hour.
“One other patron on the identical practice determined to disregard the a number of guidelines and strategies in place to retailer all unfastened articles within the bin previous to driving,” Carter penned in a Fb publish recounting the incident. “This might have ended a lot worse. Simply observe the principles of us. Share to unfold a bit of consciousness.”
Cedar Level’s coverage says: “Images is prohibited on all rides at Cedar Level and Cedar Level Shores Waterpark. Go Professional, Google Glass, and different small wearable cameras should not permitted.”
The theme park additionally states that “unfastened article insurance policies fluctuate” per journey however on its Valravn, GateKeeper, Rougarou, Magnum XL-200, Metal Vengeance and Millennium Drive coasters, company are required to retailer all private objects.
Carter’s photographs present blood dripping from his head and fingers — in addition to the cellular phone in query. He additionally famous that Cedar Level’s response to the accident has “left A LOT to be desired” however did not elaborate additional.
Lots of commented on his misfortune with disdain for the passenger who did not obey the principles of the park.
“Some individuals simply do not get it,” one Fb person wrote. “Glad you might be okay! That rider must be liable on your care when you wanted remedy.”
“So sorry this occurred to you,” one other mentioned. “The principles are made to assist all of us and other people do not obey them. It results everybody.”
Final month, an worker on the park needed to stroll 200 ft up the Magnum XL-200 to retrieve a cellular phone from a rider seated within the first row of the coaster.
Cedar Level didn’t instantly reply to Entrepreneur‘s request for remark.
