What happened on Top Thrill Dragster?

On August 15, 2021, Rachel Hawes from Swartz Creek, Michigan was waiting in line for Top Thrill Dragster when a ride part fell from the coaster's infrastructure and hit Hawes in the head. It looked like the size of a pop can and it hit metal and dropped, a witness told the Sandusky Register at the time.



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She was rendered "permanently disabled," no longer able to reach potential earning capacity ? more than $1.2 million, according to the suit. Her medical costs soared to more than $2 million.

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A Michigan woman struck in the head by a metal bracket that fell off a roller coaster at an Ohio amusement park has sued the park and its parent company, alleging their negligence caused the accident that left her with traumatic brain injuries.

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Rachel Hawes is suing Cedar Point after suffering a traumatic brain injury from being struck by a metal plate that detached from a roller coaster.

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The new coaster is slated to open in summer 2024 and break the record for the world's tallest and fastest triple-launch strata coaster.

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The roller coaster is the second-tallest in the world, towering at 420 feet. On Tuesday, the park tweeted: After 19 seasons in operation with 18 million riders experiencing the world's first strata roller coaster, Top Thrill Dragster, as you know it, is being retired.

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Record-breaking Top Thrill Dragster is being retired a year after the roller coaster seriously injured a woman waiting in line, Cedar Point announced yesterday.

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Metal from a Cedar Point roller coaster flew into Rachel Hawes' head. She's disabled for life, suit says.

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At the time of its closure, Top Thrill Dragster had accommodated 18 million riders over 19 seasons. A portion of the roller coaster's track near the station was dismantled in late 2022. In January 2023, the park released the tagline A New Formula For Thrills on social media to describe the planned modifications.

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Cedar Point shut the ride, which first opened in 2003 and stood at 420ft, following Hawes' accident and announced it would be permanently retired in September 2022 ahead of a revamp.

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Woman hit by rollercoaster is now trapped in her own body after waking from coma. The woman who was hit by a rollercoaster has finally woken up – however, she's trapped in her own body and is unable to talk, according to her family.

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It opened in 1870 and is considered the second-oldest operating amusement park in the US behind Lake Compounce. Cedar Point, which is owned and operated by Cedar Fair, is the flagship of the company's amusement park chain.

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The Sandusky Police Department reported a group of four females, two of which were minors, saw the couple engage in sexual intercourse while inside the Ferris wheel cart ahead of them. The witnesses told police they could see the couple's private areas and feel the cart shaking.

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Cedar Point announces its 'reimagined' Top Thrill Dragster will not open until 2024.

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