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Safety in amusement parks: Rapid river rides are connected to serious, sometimes fatal, accidents

Daniel Lathrop, Des Moines RegisterComments Off on Safety in amusement parks: Rapid river rides are connected to serious, sometimes fatal, accidents

A boy's death this summer on Adventureland's Raging River ride wasn't unique: 21 serious accidents, 8 deaths have happened on rapids rides since 1984.

     
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