Carowinds reopens Fury 325 roller coaster after repairing crack in support pillar.
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The first crack was discovered in the Fury 325 roller coaster's steel pillar at Carowinds on June 30, prompting the amusement park to shut the ride down.
Carowinds repaired the beam and tested and retested the ride, which state inspectors cleared for reopening. Fury 325 is one of the world's tallest and most popular roller coasters, and features a 1.2-mile track reaching top speeds of 95 mph and a height of 325 feet.
Jeremy Wagner took a video of a giant crack he discovered in a support beam of the Fury 325 giga roller coaster at the Carowinds Amusement Park in Charlotte on Friday — but when he rushed to alert workers inside the park of the dangerous discovery, they were slow to react.
The first crack was discovered in the Fury 325 roller coaster's steel pillar at Carowinds on June 30, prompting the amusement park to shut the ride down. According to the Carowinds website, Fury 325 is the “tallest, fastest, longest giga coaster in North America.
The amusement park's website states that Fury 325 is “the tallest, fastest, longest giga coaster in North America.” The roller coaster reaches speeds of up to 95 mph and has a peak height of 325 feet, which is followed by a “dramatic 81-degree drop, the website states.
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The ride was closed after a viral video recorded at the amusement park and posted to social media showed a huge crack in one of the coaster's support beams.
There were an estimated 130 serious ride-related injuries at North American theme parks in 2021, according to the National Safety Council's latest ride safety report for IAAPA. Those include fatalities as well as injuries requiring immediate hospitalization for more than 24 hours for reasons beyond observation.
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Tyre Sampson died on March 24, 2022, after falling out of his seat on the 400-foot-tall ride at Icon Park in Orlando, where he was visiting with his football team for spring break.
Tyre's death garnered national attention and cast new scrutiny on amusement park rides and their safety measures. He suffered broken bones and internal injuries in the fall, according to his autopsy, and his death was ruled accidental. Tyre weighed 383 pounds, per the autopsy, above the ride limit of about 285 pounds.
Records. Fury 325 set new records and came close to breaking others when it opened in 2015. It became the world's tallest giga coaster – a roller coaster that exceeds 300 feet (91 m) in height – surpassing Steel Dragon 2000 at Nagashima Spa Land by 6.7 feet (2.0 m).
The park sits alongside the South Carolina border, and the $30 million roller coaster, made by Bolliger and Mabillard, a Swedish company, has been operating since 2015. The Fury 325 is so named because it flings riders 325 feet up, then rockets down at 95mph.