Date: June 21, 2007 Park: Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Story: As the riders ascended the Superman: Tower of Power ride, a broken cable snapped, whipped around, and severed a 13-year old girl's feet. Source: The Courier-JournalDate: August 16, 1981 Park: Six Flags Great Adventure (N.J.) Story: A park employee fell to his death during a test ride because, according to the park, he may have assumed an unauthorized riding position that did not make use of the safety feature of the restraining devices. Source: New York TimesDate: June 28, 2008 Park: Six Flags Over Georgia Story: After losing his hat while riding the Batman: The Ride roller coaster, a teenager jumped over the fence surrounding the coaster to retrieve it. He was decapitated in the process. Source: Fox NewsDate: February 5, 1978 Park: Six Flags Magic Mountain (Calif.) Story: A gondola carrying a couple fell from its cable 50 feet to the ground. The man was reportedly rocking the car before it fell. He was killed in the accident, while his wife was seriously injured. Source: RideAccidents.comDate: May 1, 2004 Park: Six Flags New England (Mass.) Story: A man was thrown from the final turn of the Superman: Ride of Steel roller coaster, hitting the rail and then falling only a few feet to the ground below. He was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. Source: Boston GlobeDate: June 17, 1987 Park: Six Flags Great Adventure (N.J.) Story: After not being strapped into her shoulder harness properly, a girl fell to her death during the loop-the-loop roller coaster ride. Source: New York TimesDate: March 21, 1999 Park: Six Flags Over Texas Story: A woman drowned when the inflatable boat she was in unexpectedly deflated and overturned in 2-3 feet of water and she was trapped underneath. Source: Corpus Christi Caller TimesDate: July 19, 2000 Park: Six Flags Great America (Ill.) Story: A girl's toes were crushed when the operator of the Cajun Cliffhanger raised floor of the ride before coming to a complete stop. The girl's foot was wedged between the floor and the wall. Source: Chicago TribuneDate: April 18, 1998 Park: Six Flags Great America (Ill.) Story: Twenty-three people were stuck upside on the Demon coaster for nearly three hours after one of the trains unexpectedly stopped moving during a vertical loop. Investigators ruled that a guide wheel running along the inside of the track separated from the axle of the last car, triggering a safety mechanism that kept the train from derailing. Several people were taken to the hospital after firefighters picked them up using cherry pickers. Source: Chicago TribuneDate: July 10, 2003 Park: Six Flags New Orleans Story: A grandmother was helping her four-year-old grandson get strapped into the Joker's Jukebox ride when the ride suddenly started and she was struck in the head by the ride car as it went by. Source: Free RepublicDate: May 30, 1996 Park: Six Flags Magic Mountain (Calif.) Story: An employee tried to cross the tracks as the Revolution roller coaster was pulling into the loading area. She slipped on her way across, fell into a four-foot pit under the tracks, and was killed instantly when the roller coaster train struck her at 4 miles per hour. Source: L.A. TimesDate: August 30, 2008 Park: Six Flags Magic Mountain (Calif.) Story: A man was struck by the roller coaster after entering a restricted area to retrieve his hat. Source: The Coaster BlogClick here to see the 7 most interesting facts about the roller coaster giant >