What happened to Kaitlyn Lassiter?

One of the worst amusement park incidents in Kentucky's history left a girl having part of her left leg amputated. In 2007 Kaitlyn Lassiter, a 13-year-old girl, lost both feet when the Superman Tower of Power, also known as Hell-a-Vator, malfunctioned.



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The legs of the injured girl were severed during the freefall by the portion of the failed cable that fell to the outside of the tower. The ride stopped at its normal resting point.

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Vertical Velocity was renamed “THE FLASH: Vertical Velocity” with the area's retheme to DC UNIVERSE™ in 2022.

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Six Flags decided to choose the name Superman: Tower of Power instead. The ride opened on May 19, 2006. The attraction was shut down June 22, 2007 alongside other drop towers after a 13-year-old girl got her feet chopped off by a cable on Superman: Tower of Power at Kentucky Kingdom.

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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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JACKSON - A child was hospitalized after being injured on The Joker rollercoaster at Six Flags Great Adventure on Wednesday, prompting the ride to be shut down overnight, spokeswoman Kristin Fitzgerald said.

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Get revvved up in 2024 and buckle in as Cedar Point introduces Top Thrill 2, the world's TALLEST and FASTEST triple-launch strata coaster. This record-breaking, next generation motorsport machine races a course unlike any other on the planet.

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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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