Two Teens Trapped Upside Down on Oaks Park Ride Awarded $275K Each
A 10-2 jury found Oaks Park and its ride manufacturer liable after the malfunction left 30 riders stranded for nearly 30 minutes.
- A Portland jury awarded $550,000 on Wednesday to teenage girls Xitlali Gomez-Salais and Evie Yannotta for 25 minutes trapped upside down on the AtmosFEAR ride at Oaks Amusement Park in 2024.
- The June 14, 2024 malfunction left 30 riders stuck for nearly a half hour, revealing that Oaks Park lacked a tool and emergency-response plan to rescue passengers trapped in an inverted position.
- Jurors heard harrowing testimony from Gomez-Salais and Yannotta, now 16, who recalled blood pooling in their faces and feared shoulder harnesses might fail, sending them plunging 100 feet to their deaths.
- Oaks Park and Italian manufacturer Zamperla admitted fault last week, leading jurors to award each teen $275,000 after families refused to settle to "hide the truth."
- While Oaks Park added a safety switch to prevent future incidents, families maintain they still do not know what caused the ride to malfunction, calling it "quite scary.
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For almost two years after the horror in the U.S. leisure park, a jury has decided: The two 16-year-olds today receive enormous compensation. Xitali Gomez-Salais and Evie Yannotta were only 13 and 14 years old when they visited Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon, in June 2024. There, the students ventured into the "AtmosFEAR" – a swinging pendulum, the operator Zamperla Inc. himself referred to as "spectacular extreme attraction." But from …
Two Teenage Girls Awarded $550,000 After Hanging Upside Down for 25 Minutes at Oregon Amusement Park
The two American women were trapped for 25 minutes at a height of 30 meters – There were 30 people in the game at the time of the accident, nine took legal action, but seven reached an out-of-court settlement
Jury awards teens $550K after Oregon amusement park ride left them hanging upside down: report - NEW YORK TIMES POST
Oregon theme park riders stuck upside down Emergency crews in Oregon rescued 30 people trapped upside down on a ride at Oaks Park, one of the oldest continually operating amusement parks in the United States. (Credit: TikTok/Chris Ryan) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A jury awarded $550,000 to two teenage girls who were left hanging upside down for nearly 30 minutes when an amusement park ride malfunctioned in Oregon. The jury vote…
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