Death and Injury in Coney Island: A 100-Year History
- Domain of Death
- A Super Himalaya at a Carnival in Staten Island
In 1999, a 17-year-old girl was killed and 8 others were injured; they’d been riding the Super Himalaya “when a coupling between cars broke, causing violent gyrations that threw her from the ride,” the Times reported. The Super Himalaya had injured seven riders in 1989 “when a metal bar holding a canopy over the caterpillar-like cars came loose and hit the ride as it spun around.” It had also been closed briefly in 1984 for “electrical violations,” the Times reported.