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People mover disneyland
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When they decided to leave the island a few hours later, they chose to swim across the river rather than call attention to their rule-breaking by appealing to cast members for help. Delaurot and his 10-year-old brother managed to stay on Tom Sawyer Island past its dusk closing time by climbing the fence separating the island from the burning settlers’ cabin. June 1973: Bogden Delaurot, an 18-year-old Brooklyn resident, drowned trying to swim across the Rivers of America.Yama slipped as he was jumping from car to car and was crushed to death beneath the wheels of oncoming cars. August 1967: Ricky Lee Yama, a 17-year-old Hawthorne, CA, resident, was killed when he disregarded safety instructions and exited his People Mover car as the ride was passing through a tunnel.He finally climbed down onto a fiberglass canopy beneath the track, but the clearance wasn’t enough - the oncoming train struck and killed him, dragging his body 30 to 40 feet down the track. Cleveland ignored a security guard’s shouted warnings of an approaching Monorail train and failed to leap clear of the track.

people mover disneyland

Cleveland scaled the park’s sixteen-foot high outer fence on a Grad Nite and climbed onto the Monorail track, intending to jump or climb down once inside the park. June 1966: Thomas Guy Cleveland, a 19-year-old Northridge, CA, resident, was killed when he attempted to sneak into Disneyland along the Monorail track.Maples lost his balance and was thrown from the sled to the track below, fracturing his skull and ribs and causing internal injuries. Maples (or his companion) foolishly unbuckled his seatbeat and attempted to stand up as their bobsled neared the peak of the mountain.

people mover disneyland

  • May 1964: Mark Maples, a 15-year-old Long Beach, CA, resident, was killed when he tried to stand up on the Matterhorn Bobsleds.
  • All the deaths (save the two most recent) were the result of guests who apparently ignored safety instructions and/or defeated rides’ safety mechanisms. Nine guests have been killed on Disneyland attractions since the park’s opening in 1955.















    People mover disneyland