The 'Dark Side' of Lagoon Amusement Park
By Lynn Arave Fatalities/Accidents at Lagoon: There is one taboo subject at all amusement parks – fatalities and accidents. Accidents do happen -- nothing in life is totally safe. However, rest assured that statistically, you are far more likely to be injured, or killed in a car accident on the way to/or from Lagoon Amusement Park, Farmington, Utah, than on any of the park’s attractions. With only 27 fatalities in the park’s long history, dating back to 1886, that isn’t a bad safety record at all. The park would prefer to have had no deaths, but then reading below, one can clearly conclude that most of the deaths at Lagoon were caused by a patron’s own negligence or recklessness. In others, riders "tested" their safety restraints, or even tried to exit the ride on their own. THREE of the fatalities on rides -- the most of all -- are from the wooden Roller Coaster. Add the worker's death accident on the tracks and that's 4 fatalities from the coaster, making it ...
