KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Worlds of Fun has responded for the first time to reports of a safety harness failure on the Mamba roller coaster earlier this month.
Chris and Cassie Evins said they were riding the Mamba when they heard screams from the seat behind them. The couple said a girl’s seatbelt came undone during the ride’s first hill.
“We get on the roller coaster and the very first hill, the girl sitting behind my wife just lets out this blood-curdling scream like I’ve never heard before,” Chris Evins said. “I assumed it was her first time on the ride and then she said my seatbelt came undone.”
Couple intervened during ride
The Evins said they immediately reached over to help keep her inside the ride.
“I had looped my arm underneath her lap bar, which had a pretty big gap between her and the lap bar. So at this point, I’m seeing a huge space, no seatbelt. I looped my arm underneath the lap bar, and I grabbed a hold of her wrist. My wife was pushing down on her legs,” Chris Evins said…