Vertical Loop

I know that you like the thrill, excitement and fear
of roller coasters. But what happens when things
go terribly wrong causing someone's life. Read
more to find out about the top 3 worst accidents
on roller coasters ever in history.
The History of Roller Coasters
The history of
roller coasters
went back to the
mid-1600s. Back
then the Russians
developed a form
of
gravity-powered
thrill. It was a
Russian ice slide.
Riders would
make sleds out of
ice blocks and
descended
timber chutes
that were packed
with ice and
snow. These ice
sleds were very
popular. The first
real roller coaster
opened in
1884. It opened
up at Coney
Island in
Brooklyn New
York. It was
called the
switchback
railway. It was
invented by
LaMarcus
Thompson. It
traveled six
miles per hour
and costs 5¢. It
was an instant
success and by
the end of the
century, there
were hundreds
of roller
coasters in
America. Roller
coasters are scary
because that's the
point of them.
They are
supposed to be
fun but
sometimes they
do mess up
causing people's
lives. But that
chance that you
will die on a
roller coaster is
actually very low.
There is more of a
chance of you
falling off your
bed and dying
then you die on a
roller coaster.
You have a 1 in 24
million chance of
dying on a roller
coaster. And you
have a 1 in 423,548
chance of falling off
your bed and dying.
This is true but
some people were
very unlucky and
got majorly hurt on
roller coasters.
Here are the top
five scariest
moments of all
time on roller
coasters.
6