ABC.com - A teenage girl's legs were severed above the ankle while on a thrill ride at a popular amusement park on Thursday, park officials said.

The accident happened around 4:45 p.m. on the Superman Tower of Power at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, said Six Flags spokeswoman Wendy Goldberg.

The ride lifts passengers 177 feet straight up, then drops 154 feet, reaching a speed of 54 mph according to the park's Web site.

Yuck.  Nothing funny to say about this story.   But it does reaffirm why I don’t go on scary rides.  I feel like only bad things can happen.  Personally I’m always afraid that I’m going to puke and then choke on it and die.    Didn’t that happen to somebody on the Turkish Twist at Canoby Lake Park?  I don’t know whether that is an urban legend or not, but this has got to be the worst way to die even if it’s never happened before.  I mean it just doesn’t get any worse than choking on your own puke.   Therefore when I’m at a carnival I stick to the squirt gun horse race game or the roller ball horse race game.    Naturally I’m dominant at both.

Thanks to Mark for the link...