Comments on: Tuesday Snark News Briefs http://www.yourish.com/2009/08/18/8581 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Bruce Church http://www.yourish.com/2009/08/18/8581/comment-page-1#comment-37365 Bruce Church Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:17:55 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=8581#comment-37365 Federal Probe Launched Into 3 Deadly Accidents at Disney World Wednesday, August 19, 2009 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,540660,00.html?test=latestnews Federal Probe Launched Into 3 Deadly Accidents at Disney World
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,540660,00.html?test=latestnews

]]> By: Bruce Church http://www.yourish.com/2009/08/18/8581/comment-page-1#comment-37357 Bruce Church Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:56:59 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=8581#comment-37357 Actually, all those amusement parks are good at covering up bad PR. Here's a short list derailed "zoo" trains with injuries or fatalities that I've heard of on the news. There's undoubtedly a lot more: Walt Disney World monorail crash kills 1 Train operator died after two trains collided; five guests treated at scene http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31747987/ns/us_news/ ------------ The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) Article date: October 17, 1998 http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-6674282.html A St. Louis Zoo train carrying about 10 passengers went out of control and jumped the tracks Friday, killing the engineer, who was heard yelling that he could not stop the train. One passenger suffered cuts and bruises. Witnesses said some passengers jumped off when it was about to crash. ------- http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,524317,00.html LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Zoo is open for business as usual Tuesday while inspectors try to figure out why a miniature train derailed and sent 22 people, including 17 children, to hospitals. ------------- Actually, all those amusement parks are good at covering up bad PR.
Here’s a short list derailed “zoo” trains with injuries or fatalities
that I’ve heard of on the news. There’s undoubtedly a lot more:

Walt Disney World monorail crash kills 1
Train operator died after two trains collided; five guests treated at scene
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31747987/ns/us_news/
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) Article date: October 17, 1998
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-6674282.html
A St. Louis Zoo train carrying about 10 passengers went out of control and jumped the tracks Friday, killing the engineer, who was heard yelling that he could not stop the train. One passenger suffered cuts and bruises. Witnesses said some passengers jumped off when it was about to crash.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,524317,00.html
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Zoo is open for business as usual Tuesday while inspectors try to figure out why a miniature train derailed and sent 22 people, including 17 children, to hospitals.
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