Man killed after hair gets caught in rollercoaster
A man was killed at an amusement park in Washington state over the weekend when his long hair became caught in the wheels of a roller coaster.
Doug McKay was pulled as high as 40ft in the air by the Super Loop 2 before it dropped him onto a fence, back first.
“It basically scalped him, and he fell and landed on the fence,” Whidbey Island sheriff’s spokeswoman Jan Smith said.
The 40-year-old from Idaho was the owner of the roller coaster, and had been spraying lubricant on the tracks at the time of Saturday’s accident.
The ride was in progress at the time, and his hair got caught in a car full of fairgoers, Smith said.
Hundreds of people witnessed the accident, and grief counsellors were sent to the fairground to help the emergency services.
