FARMINGDALE, N.Y., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A New York woman has died after being thrown from a twirling, high-speed ride at the Adventureland amusement park in Farmingdale, N.Y.
It was the second death at the park in three days after 43 years of fatality-free operation.
Less than 48 hours after an employee was run over by a string of roller coaster cars, Barbara Brady, 45, of Far Rockaway, N.Y., was hurled from her seat on the TopScan ride. Her body was thrown over a 20-foot wall on the northern edge of the park and landed on the windshield of a car in an adjacent parking lot.
She was taken to Middle Island Hospital Medical Center and pronounced dead, Homicide Det. Lt. Jack Fitzpatrick told Newsday. "The two accidents really are not connected ... other than a tragic coincidence," he said.
Brady, who was mentally disabled and resided at the Central Manor Home for Adults, went to the park with 24 other residents and five chaperones, Fitzpatrick said.
