42 hospitalized after inhaling toxic fumes at Holiday World

[F.A.S.T.]

SANTA CLAUS, Ind. — A filter pump malfunction in a water ride at Southern Indiana's Holiday†World caused fumes that sent 42 people to a hospital with breathing troubles.

Park president Will Koch said the pump sent highly concentrated levels of bleach and muriatic acid into the Bahari River waters at Splashin' Safari on Saturday.

Koch says lifeguards immediately got everyone out of the water ride and closed off the area. A park spokeswoman says staffers gave oxygen to those who needed it.

Jasper Memorial Hospital spokeswoman Rita Howell says 24 people were taken to the hospital by ambulance and 18 arrived on their own. Two people were kept overnight for observation and have since been released.

Koch says repairs have been made and the ride has reopened.

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[LiveForTheLaunch]

Uh oh that's kind of scary! Weird that I was there like, just a week ago, but not in the actual waterpark part.. Glad nobody died!

 

[Snoo]

Well.. holy ****. :lol:

At least everyone is good off now.. would be horrible for the park if someone was injured badly.

 

[furie]

It was actually a depth charge fart Taylor left on the new plunge ride. It took a week for the noxious bowel evacuation to bubble up to the surface...

 

[Snoo]

I wondered where she went after we got off of Raven.

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

^^ Hahaa, actually, I wouldn't be surprised if it was YOUR depth charge fart.. You sure farted enough times .

 

[Roody Poo]

I think that both of your farts combined probably caused it. That or it was a fruit fly fart.

 

[Anonymous]

Usually when you think of people getting injured or killed at amusement parks you think of malfunctions on rides but that is really unexpected.