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Have you ever been on a ride at an amusement park and wondered if it was safe?
The story of this 6-year-old boy who lost his life to an unfortunate incident on Lagoon Amusement Park’s Puff the Little Fire Dragon roller coaster, will give you chills and make you think twice before hopping on any ride ever again.
This is the story of the unfortunate incident that claimed the life of 6-year-old Ryan Beckstead. It is also a lesson in how, even when all safety precautions are taken, people can still lose their life on a roller coaster due to mistakes that could be considered very insignificant or tiny.
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Wonder what happened to the operator after? Did she continue to work there? Did she experience PTSD? etc…
It wasn't her fault someone should had grab the boy when they told him not get the cart it's not safe.
My gosh that poor ride operator 😢💔
A trainee should have a seasoned employee with them until they are fully capable of running the ride themselves and well trained in safety and emergency situations. Having spent 20 in food production where mixers, tanks, cutters etc can seriously injure someone or even kill them, safety has got to be the number one priority for EVERY employee, every day.
I don't know if I would have let my six year old ride alone.
Oh my God how awful for all involved, What a tragic accident, how sad. I cant imagine how horrible the parents must feel and the operator. These people who get jobs running these rides should really understand how dangerous they can be. One mistake can turn tragic
Why was Ryan riding without a parent?
Was the girl allowed to give them a free ride?
Whatever, why didn't she, or one of the responsible parents notice that a little boy was getting off?
No, ma'am, YOU killed your little boy, by making him ride alone
Were you too busy, or what?
Such a very sad story! I really don’t know who to blame. That little boy didn’t need to lose his life. I feel for the operator too! May little Ryan rest in peace. May his parents be forever comforted. Peace.
Definitely the operator's fault. Before she continued the ride for a second time she should have made sure all kids were still buckled
They should put an emergency button on every ride that can show there’s an emergency
…I don't do rollercoasters. I would not have ridden it even if my name were Peter, Paul, or Mary.
it was the boys fault he died…he aint scream or nothing,it aint the operator fault she did her job
Negligent operator!! Rediculous
I love lagoon I can go on any ride I use to be scared but now I am not
Clickbait title. Reporting you! Fake pic!
the strange thing is that April 30th is my birthday. and I’ve never rid a roller coaster cause I was always scared.
😥😥😥😥😥🙏🙏🙏🙏
the stupid background sound is very distracting
I lived in Utah when this happened. This was one of my school bus drivers son😥 I grew up going to this amusement park.
Thumb nail is crazy
Not only is it the right operator who is that fault The other parents are at fault I stay put them all in jail
Why did they let him ride alone? It is partly their fault. The mother & father should have been on with him. I never let my boy on with out getting him on & off a ride & if I can ride I ride with my son.
Awful! Totally senseless!
No brakes? On the cart itself…
this proves that every ride (BIG OR SMALL) can have a accident, and why audio over the speakers always says "Please do not exit until the ride has come to a full stop."
and of course employees should always keep an eye out, especially for small children.
These thumbnails 😅☠
I heard that
Accidents are always sad, but it feels even more heartbreaking when the victim is a child
Operator should have checked to see if everyone was secure in their seats before starting the ride again
I pray his family dont see this. It will cause flashbacks and ptsd
Unrelated to the story, but just yesterday, my mom and I had went to the carnival at the airport and on the little kiddie truck ride a small young boy started to climb out of the car, and we both notified the ride operator (who clearly wasn’t paying attention) about the kid. He stopped the ride and I thought to myself that we had just saved a kid.
He's too young to Die! Take me instead!
Using a clickbaity thumbnail and title is super weird and messed up dude 😭 a child died
This is Heartbreaking.
And I would immediately acted upon the ones that let this happen.
Aweee poor baby rip ryan, and safty is very important if you don't follow the rules it could end very badly.
Omg. These idiots always get away with hurting or killing others. 😩
Damn.
Wtf.. Poor Ryan and family.
He was related to me, my family doesn’t talk about it much but it’s so sad
Nope, I'm still going on Lagoon anyway….
Same reason Caleb Schwab died on Verrückt, the ride operator not sticking strictly to the operating procedures. Caleb was too short and too light. Verrückt had minimum height and weight for riders and the heaviest riders were always supposed to go in front, lightest in the middle. The operators put Caleb in the front where he was too light to hold the front of the raft down.
The waterslide had been extensively tested to develop safe operating methods but all it took to kill a person was for the operators to not follow the rules exactly and always – yet the blame was placed on the owners of the park instead of the people operating the ride that day.
If the operator of this ride at Lagoon had strictly followed procedure, Ryan wouldn't have been killed. She should have run through the process from the start, as though all riders had exited and a new batch got on. Check all restraints, make certain everyone is seated etc.
Bruh rides are safe technology for seat belts and lap bars are better now days and also it’s rare for that to happen
they now force you to leave the ride and go through the line before going again
0:36 okay, this is some massive misinformation. Let me correct you. Amusement parks are actually some of the safest places in the world, with very minimal deaths happening. You have a far greater chance of dyeing from the car ride over to the park than on any of the rides. Why do you think deaths from amusement parks are usually documented, while most car crashes are not? They happen far more frequently than amusement park accidents do.
As far as the story goes, very tragic and very sad, and I feel terrible for what happened. However, I also noticed you mentioning that this took place in the 1980s. If that was the case, then why did you make this video in the first place? Was it to try to promote amusement parks as dangerous places? See, that just goes back to the point I made earlier. It’s almost like your trying to send chills down people’s spines for something they should absolutely not fear. If you go to an Amusement park, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DIE.
how can you die on that
1:47 zierer built ptlfd not ptc
This ride was my favorite as a kid. This is certainly a shocking story, but it's a little sensationalized and I think there's a few things to keep note of before blaming anyone.
First, significant portions of this video are read almost verbatim from the news article published a few days after the incident.
The ride today goes around three times before ending, so stopping it at two and asking if the kids want to go around again seems odd to me. The Kiddie Coaster, which Puff replaced, went around twice. Maybe Puff originally went around twice as well?
I believe the Kiddie Coaster didn't allow adult riders. So it's possible that many parents weren't accustomed to being allowed on the kids' rides, but I can't be sure on that.
The coaster had come to a stop with the front cars a little past the station, so the operator might have thought it would be best to take the ride around again to get it to the correct docking location. The kids would have still been locked in the safety restraints, so she probably didn't realize a kid could get out of the car. He wiggled himself out of the safety restraints and attempted to get off, then fell beneath the tracks.
If I'm understanding the setup correctly, it sounds like he wouldn't have gotten hit if he hadn't tried to climb back up the track right after falling. I'm not blaming him, just trying to orient myself to the situation. Once the ride goes past the first hill, it's gravity propelled so it's impossible to stop. And it's a small track, so there wasn't time for anyone to react. The operator was young and just as traumatized by the event as the parents. She undoubtedly blamed herself a lot for it, so it isn't fair for us to blame her.
According to the manufacturer, this ride model had no prior incidents, and Lagoon immediately requested added safety features. The restraints were improved, but I'm unsure if that was among the requested features, or if Lagoon did that independently. This ride has no other incidents on record.
Overall, I don't think anyone is truly to blame for this. It's just a tragic accident. Unfortunately, it's incidents like these that show us where safety measures need to be improved.
Oh my gosh…thats sad..my favorite amusement park has caused 2 or more deaths.