After a parent spotted a cracked steel support pillar at the top of a North Carolina roller coaster last week, Carowinds amusement park said in a statement that its maintenance team is working with the damaged ride’s manufacturer
The Charlotte-based amusement park and Bolliger and Mabillard Consulting Engineers Inc., the company that made the Fury 325 roller coaster, were working “in close coordination … to remove and replace the existing support column,” Carowinds said in a newly released statement. Bolliger and Mabillard will build the new support column, which amusement park officials say they expect to be delivered to the park next week.
“Once this phase is completed, we will ask and the third-party testing firm to perform a final inspection to ensure the ride exceeds all required specifications,” the statement said. Park visitor Jeremy Wagner recorded and zoomed in on the damaged pillar using his phone on June 30, CNN previously reported. The video showed the cracked pillar moving slightly as the roller coaster’s passengers whizzed by.
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