I initially saw this on Twitter and was told at first that it was a hoax, but The O.C. Register is now reporting on it: https://www.ocregister.com/2019/01/...osed-after-visitor-climbs-off-ride-in-motion/
Disneyland’s Space Mountain remains closed after visitor climbs off ride in motion
A Southern California man in his 20s climbed off Disneyland’s Space Mountain roller coaster while it was moving on Tuesday afternoon and had to be guided to safety by employees, according to police and theme park officials.
The uninjured man walked under his own power to the Disneyland first aid station and was later taken to the hospital for a precautionary examination, according to Disney officials.
Anaheim police responded to a medical aid call at the park. Initial reports indicated that the man had fallen out of the ride, but that turned out to not be the case, said Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt.
“He didn’t fall out,” Wyatt said. “He had to maneuver himself around the safety mechanism.”
The man, who has cognitive disabilities, climbed out of the moving train in the dark during a slower portion of the ride as the coaster was making its initial climb, Wyatt said. Disneyland attraction operators stopped the coaster once they realized the man was not on the ride and located him, Wyatt said.
Anaheim police did not have the man’s name or age because there was no injury and no police report was filed, Wyatt said.
Disneyland officials said they immediately contacted the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, the state agency that inspects amusement park rides. Space Mountain remains closed while DOSH investigators inspect the ride, Disneyland officials said.
Disneyland officials said the ride vehicle’s lap bar restraint remained engaged and that the man “used force to maneuver his way out of the vehicle.”
Disneyland’s Space Mountain remains closed after visitor climbs off ride in motion
A Southern California man in his 20s climbed off Disneyland’s Space Mountain roller coaster while it was moving on Tuesday afternoon and had to be guided to safety by employees, according to police and theme park officials.
The uninjured man walked under his own power to the Disneyland first aid station and was later taken to the hospital for a precautionary examination, according to Disney officials.
Anaheim police responded to a medical aid call at the park. Initial reports indicated that the man had fallen out of the ride, but that turned out to not be the case, said Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt.
“He didn’t fall out,” Wyatt said. “He had to maneuver himself around the safety mechanism.”
The man, who has cognitive disabilities, climbed out of the moving train in the dark during a slower portion of the ride as the coaster was making its initial climb, Wyatt said. Disneyland attraction operators stopped the coaster once they realized the man was not on the ride and located him, Wyatt said.
Anaheim police did not have the man’s name or age because there was no injury and no police report was filed, Wyatt said.
Disneyland officials said they immediately contacted the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, the state agency that inspects amusement park rides. Space Mountain remains closed while DOSH investigators inspect the ride, Disneyland officials said.
Disneyland officials said the ride vehicle’s lap bar restraint remained engaged and that the man “used force to maneuver his way out of the vehicle.”
