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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A maintenance supervisor for a Kentucky amusement park said workers did not follow several of the ride manufacturer’s instructions for handling a cable that snapped and severed a teenager’s feet last summer.
John Schmidt, the ride-maintenance manager at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom since 1999, said in a deposition in November that park technicians never performed a hands-on inspection before the accident of any of the 10 cables on the Superman Tower of Power ride.
Cables on the ride snapped June 21, injuring Kaitlyn Lasitter, 14. Doctors reattached her right foot, but her left leg had to be partially amputated.
Schmidt’s deposition was part of the parents’ lawsuit.
