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Guest hit by phone on Maverick at Cedar Point (www.freep.com)
submitted 1 year ago by bobkmertz@lemm.ee to c/rollercoasters@lemm.ee
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Cedar Point's response was pretty abysmal which is starting to be a trend it seems. First Aid released the guest after cleaning his wounds.... The next day he ended up in the ER and found out that he had a concussion.

If parks don't start prosecuting people who aren't responsible enough to properly secure their articles this problem is going to keep getting worse. There is very little incentive to follow rules when parks generally don't seem to take action when the rules are broken..... Charging people for lockers and removing platform bins make this problem worse (although not an excuse for Maverick which still does have bins). To be clear, this isn't Cedar Point's fault but they do have a responsibility to take action against those that broke the rules..... Likely they'll just remove the bins from Maverick and punish everyone following the rules while the culprit goes free.

Bottom line is if you start showing others that you're in serious trouble if you don't secure your articles then people will start taking this seriously. They have no reason to care otherwise.

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[–] Galaghan@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like First Aid did what it should do, provide first aid. You can only speculate what happened after that but they would either send you off or call an ambulance. It's perfectly possible the guest said 'nah I'm fine for now I'll just go home'. First Aid are medics at best, not doctors.

What First Aid of the park have done, according to you?

[–] bobkmertz@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is possible that the guest ignored medical instructions and that is on him if it is the case..... but first aid and head injury has to lead to follow up care. Calling an ambulance is ideal but, even in that absence, Cedar Fair actively encouraged the guest to stay in the park by giving him food, etc, which is the exact opposite of what they should be doing.

[–] Galaghan@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

My point was that this is all 100% speculation and people shouldn't trip on their own presumptions.