Accident in MK.

[timkelmom]

A 70 year old gentleman fell yesterday trying to board Peter Pan's Flight. He tripped getting onto the conveyor to board. He got pinned under one of the ride vehicles. He was flown to a local hospital and released with only scrapes and bruises. The ride was shut down for the rest of the evening. It reopened today.

 

[Connor002]

http://forums.wdwmagic.com/showthread.php?t=70445

 

[Monty]

A quick quote from the thread Connor pointed to

The man, born in 1935, has yet to be identified, but according to Jim Solomons with the Orange County Sheriff's Office, he was injured with life-threatening injuries and transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center.

Doesn't sound like "scrapes and bruises" to me.

 

[peter11435]

A quick quote from the thread Connor pointed to



Doesn't sound like "scrapes and bruises" to me.

That was a case of the media (read: Orlando Sentinel) reporting things as fact before the actual (factual) information is gathered. While his injuries appeared bad at first. By the time he arrived at the hospital his condition had improved rapidily and they realized his injuries were not nearly as bad as first thought.

 

[Monty]

That was a case of the media (read: Orlando Sentinel) reporting things as fact before the actual (factual) information is gathered. While his injuries appeared bad at first. By the time he arrived at the hospital his condition had improved rapidily and they realized his injuries were not nearly as bad as first thought.

I was mostly wondering at the discrepancy in the information. The post said "From: Staff Reports", but didn't indicate it was from the Sentinel. I had the impression [obviously wrongly] that it was from some internal Disney "staff" source. My bad :hammer:

 

[timkelmom]

The report I saw was on a local Tampa new station. This is what the reporter stated. This is old news now though.