Son of Paul Douglas Beckstead and Christine Thelma Putnam.
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Died on a ride at the Lagoon amusement park in Farmington, Utah.
Ryan Beckstead, 6, of Bountiful, was killed on the "Puff the Little Fire Dragon" ride at Lagoon on April 30, 1989. This mini children's roller coaster did not malfunction. The newly hired ride operator hastily decided to give the riders a second ride and failed to notice that Beckstead – in the rear car -- was already almost out of his seat, believing the ride to be over. Beckstead was tossed out of the ride and stuck in between the tracks. No one – including his father – could reach him before the coaster came back around a second time and struck him on the tracks. (-Deseret News, 1 May 1989). Note that thereafter, Lagoon enhanced the restraints on this ride to hopefully prevent any future such accidents.
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Died on a ride at the Lagoon amusement park in Farmington, Utah.
Ryan Beckstead, 6, of Bountiful, was killed on the "Puff the Little Fire Dragon" ride at Lagoon on April 30, 1989. This mini children's roller coaster did not malfunction. The newly hired ride operator hastily decided to give the riders a second ride and failed to notice that Beckstead – in the rear car -- was already almost out of his seat, believing the ride to be over. Beckstead was tossed out of the ride and stuck in between the tracks. No one – including his father – could reach him before the coaster came back around a second time and struck him on the tracks. (-Deseret News, 1 May 1989). Note that thereafter, Lagoon enhanced the restraints on this ride to hopefully prevent any future such accidents.
Son of Paul Douglas Beckstead and Christine Thelma Putnam.
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Died on a ride at the Lagoon amusement park in Farmington, Utah.
Ryan Beckstead, 6, of Bountiful, was killed on the "Puff the Little Fire Dragon" ride at Lagoon on April 30, 1989. This mini children's roller coaster did not malfunction. The newly hired ride operator hastily decided to give the riders a second ride and failed to notice that Beckstead – in the rear car -- was already almost out of his seat, believing the ride to be over. Beckstead was tossed out of the ride and stuck in between the tracks. No one – including his father – could reach him before the coaster came back around a second time and struck him on the tracks. (-Deseret News, 1 May 1989). Note that thereafter, Lagoon enhanced the restraints on this ride to hopefully prevent any future such accidents.
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Died on a ride at the Lagoon amusement park in Farmington, Utah.
Ryan Beckstead, 6, of Bountiful, was killed on the "Puff the Little Fire Dragon" ride at Lagoon on April 30, 1989. This mini children's roller coaster did not malfunction. The newly hired ride operator hastily decided to give the riders a second ride and failed to notice that Beckstead – in the rear car -- was already almost out of his seat, believing the ride to be over. Beckstead was tossed out of the ride and stuck in between the tracks. No one – including his father – could reach him before the coaster came back around a second time and struck him on the tracks. (-Deseret News, 1 May 1989). Note that thereafter, Lagoon enhanced the restraints on this ride to hopefully prevent any future such accidents.
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