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Of three times. but if it only clicked once would it lock into place or does it need to click the other two times? i would say the bar s position is dependent on the size and weight of the individual. you could have a device like that bar fit over a woman that has certain size that would be 95 percentile and wouldn t get to the further lower position because of the restraint of the body. this all has to be looked at and understood if this ride was appropriate for a person of this size. witnesses say she was concerned, but only because of the clicking noise. so, it s possible the lap bar when she pushed up on it when the roller coaster was stationary, she couldn t push it up and it was locked at least somewhat? that s very possible. i think when you look at rides, you have to look at a lot of things. not necessarily the bar itself, but also part of the speed ....
Situation that needs to be further looked at. i think we worked with six flags and they have a team of people, as i understand, looking deeply into this. most interesting thing is the, i think the weight of the individual and the size of the individual in this case. being a person that appears to be over the 95 percentile size of a person and that is what you have to look at with the design of the lap bar and the design of the ride. we ll be looking for other things, as well. are there weight limits on roler coasters? certain sizes that are screened. large size, small sizes. those are ride dependent and park dependent. those are things that need to be considered. so, witnesses said that when rosy put her, you know, put the bar down, the bar up because it is a lap bar. so, it comes up from the floor. she said it clicked once instead ....
Worried that the lap bar wasn t secure. six flags says it s committed to finding out what caused her death. heavy rains caused the dangerous flash flood. this is in apache junction. one woman said she saw a man in his sports car getting swept away. his little corvette comes bobbing down the water. he got out of the vehicle and was sitting on top of it. the water was is high couldn t see the vehicle. the car was carried a hundred yards. did rescue the driver and he s okay. take a look at what flash flooding did in southern utah. that s a huge pile of debris. look at that. better get out of the way. ....
The woman was worried that her lap bar did not seem secure before the ride started telling wfaa that the bar only clicked one time instead of three. those witnesses say that the woman, rosy esparza fell out during the ride and now the amusement park in charge of the investigation. ed lavandera is in arlington, texas with more. good morning, ed. good morning, carol. a lot of people are surprised that it is six flags itself constructing this investigation. there are no outside agencies that take a closer look when a tragedy like this happens. the texas giant starts with a spine tingling drop. this is where witnesses say they saw rosy esparza fall from the wooden roller coaster. carman brown was next in line to get on the ride. she goes up like this and when it drops to come down it releases and she just tumbled. ....