Some scary news!

Ninja at Six Flags Magic Mountain has hit a tree and derailed injuring four. Do you think this will have any effect on iron Dragon?

Probably not. Wasn't it just a tree branch? Doesn't seem to have to do much with the ride itself...

http://coasterbuzz.com/Forums/Topic/ninja-partially-derails-at-six-...c-mountain

I honestly don't think any of the news reports are accurate yet. My guess is that if it hit a tree branch, it did so because the front bogie derailed.

It could also be possible that a branch came loose and got onto the track. Either way, with the TG incident and this, Six Flags safety track record is terrible. It's unlikely I'll visit any of their parks anytime in the near future.

Or did a tree branch fall on the track and the train hit it and stopped the train mid course with damage to the front car wheel assembly? That's what it looks like the park is trying to say right now.

In one of the pictures I saw, it was a large tree trunk that fell on the track, not just a branch. That the train hit that and only the front boge came off I think shows how safe and over built these Arrow rides really are.

This shouldn't have any impact on the Iron Dragon's future. However, I'd bet all coaster parks will take another look at all the branches and trees hanging over any of their rides. Thankfully it doesn't sound like anyone was hurt badly, things could have been much worse,

And there was a death at a park in Spain yesterday:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/british-teenager-die...90682.html

Yesterday was a bad news day for the amusement park industry.

Yea Pete - I saw another picture with the tree trunk literally laying on top of the track. It was no branch! :)

Here is a link to the picture: https://twitter.com/cbsnewspath/status/486325818277523456/photo/1

I imagine the trees around Iron Dragon might get inspected and trimmed but that would be it I would think. That's about all you can do really unless you take them all out which would not be good.

Yesterday was pretty bad for the industry, and sounds a lot like July 19 last year with the New Texas Giant and Shoot the Rapids accidents. I have read a couple reports about the Ninja incident and all of them were inconclusive and contradicted each other. In a couple days we should get the whole story.