Fremont, Rotary Club looking ahead with downtown amphitheater projectįremont Rotary announced it has committed to raising $500,000 that will be evenly split between two major projects: a new downtown Fremont amphitheater and major improvements to the Sandusky County Park District's River Cliff Lodge.įremont Rotary Club celebrates its centennial anniversary in 2026. The park had already announced in August it would not reopen this year. The Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point remains closed while the investigation continues.
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The brake bracket area of the track, which slows the cars at the end of the ride, showed signs of impact and were bent along with several horizontal track beams within about 25 feet of the damaged brake bracket. The investigation has found half of the bolts that secured the bracket to the train body had also dislodged.
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The bracket, which was attached by bolts, is supposed to hover just over the track and a series of sensors that keeps tabs on the coaster as it makes its way at breakneck speed up and over a 420-foot-tall hill in 17 seconds.Īt some point in its descent, Miran said, the bracket came in contact with the coaster's track and ripped off from the "green" coaster train and struck the woman in the head while she was waiting in line. 15.ĭavid Miran, the Ohio Department of Agriculture's chief of amusement rides, announced the piece that became dislodged is an "L-shaped" bracket attached to the back of the train car designed to look like dragster. The news came eight days after the horrifying incident at the Sandusky amusement park that sent people in line scrambling for safety and Hawes seriously injured on Aug. Rachel is fighting for her life, and we would ask for privacy in this difficult time." "We want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers during this time. “We are devastated by last weekend’s accident at Cedar Point," the statement said.
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The accident left a 44-year-old Michigan woman identified as Rachel Hawes in intensive care with a brain injury, according to a family statement released to a Cleveland TV station. Injured woman's family released statement on her condition Top Thrill Dragster stands 420 feet tall and go can from standstill to 120 mph within 3.8 seconds. At this time, our focus is on the guest and her family," Clark said in a statement. responded immediately, and the guest was transported to the hospital for medical care. The park’s EMS team and Sandusky Fire Dept. "The object came into contact with a female guest waiting in line for the ride. Tony Clark, director of communications for the park, said the ride would remain closed for an investigation. Cedar Point told News 5 that the falling object then struck a guest in line. At about 4:30 p.m., a female was waiting in line to ride the Top Thrill Dragster when a small metal object came off of a train at the top of the 420-foot tall ride, according to the amusement park. News 5 Cleveland reported that the injury happened Aug. A female guest was seriously injured in August after a metal object fell off a roller coaster at Cedar Point and struck her.
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