Random Horrifying And Unexpected Ways You Can Die At A Water Park (10 items)

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  (#1) Chlorine Gas Inhalation

  Water parks may be the grossest kind of amusement park you can visit. There are kids running around, people are definitely peeing in the lazy river, and you never know what gross summer cold someone is carrying around with them. To combat the germs that people carry with them, water parks use muriatic acid and sodium hydrochlorite, two common household pool chemicals, to clean their water. But here's the rub: when those things combine they can create chlorine gas. When you inhale the gas, your air passages are obstructed, you start vomiting, and if you breathe enough of the deadly substance, your entire insides spew out of your body and you die.

  On July 11, 2014, at Michigan's Adventure, more than 50 of the park's visitors were hit with a chlorine gas cloud and had to be evacuated from the park before the situation turned deadly. Muskegon County Hazmat Official and Muskegon Heights Fire Chief Christopher J. Dean said, "Normally, it's so diluted it doesn't create a problem. It's too early to make a clear determination on what caused it."

  Unfortunately, that wasn't just a one-time occurrence. A year later, 34 children had to be evacuated from a water park in Antioch, California, and treated for minor respiratory issues after being exposed to a chemical cloud.
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  (#2) Electrocution

  Despite everyone knowing that water and electricity don't mix, man has insisted on putting electrically powered machines smack dab in the middle of water parks. Most rides are actually pretty safe for park visitors, but for the workers who make sure they're running properly, death can be waiting around the corner. In November 2016, Leopoldo Buenaventura was working on the Men in Black: Alien Attack ride at Universal Orlando and received enough of a shock that his heart stopped. He was alone while he was working and wasn't found until 2 AM after dying in the rafters of the ride. 
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  (#3) Falling Off A Slide

  It turns out that water park slides don't even have to be faulty to be dangerous, and if you don't use them the way they were intended, you could die. On December 21, 2016, a 16-year-old boy from Florida broke into an area that contained an outdoor water slide at a resort in Lake Delton,Wisconsin, and decided to take a trip. Because this was the middle of winter, there was a bunch of snow on the slide, and the teen found himself stuck about half-way through his trip. When he tried to free himself, he fell about 35 feet to the ground. Authorities say a paramedic happened to be driving by the water park at the time and hopped the fence with a defibrillator, but the teen died from his injuries.
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  (#4) Drowning

  Obviously, the greatest threat to human life in a water park is drowning. With all of that water, and under-trained seasonal employees, it's hard to believe that there aren't more drowning deaths every year. At the Wild Waves Water Park in Washington state, a 32-year-old man was submerged for over 15 minutes before lifeguards found his body.

  According to Time, a group of children had alerted a life guard to the man's body much earlier, but the 21-year-old guard assumed they were pranking him. The man's body wasn't found until another life guard dove into the pool to retrieve a guest's glasses. According the deceased's friend, he had mentioned that he wasn't a strong swimmer before going to the park.

  If you can't swim, or aren't great at swimming, please stay home. Or work on your tan. Just don't get in the water if you don't think you can handle it. 
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  (#5) Water Slide Collapse

  Water slides, like the Tower of Babel, are an affront to God, and as such they routinely come crashing down, killing or injuring anyone trying to have a fun summer experience and causing untold amounts of property damage. In 2014, a water slide at Eagle Harbor in Fleming Island collapsed after a group of 10-15 Fleming Island High School band members tried going down the slide all at once. Ugh, band kids.

  In this instance no one died, with most of the students making it out of the destruction with a minor series of abrasions.

  If you're going to ride a water slide, make sure you follow the rules or you could end up in a much worse situation than these kids did. 
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  (#6) Bacterial Infection

  Even though water parks are religiously cleaned with chemicals that can easily be turned into a poisonous gas, that doesn't mean that bacteria and diseases aren't mutating in order to stay alive in the places you go to have a fun summer party time. In 2016, Lauren Seitz, a young woman on a trip to a North Carolina water park with her church group, became infected with Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that can cause a rare and deadly brain infection. Seitz died from the infection, and areas of the park that were deemed more likely to host the amoeba were closed for testing. 
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  (#7) Fires And Explosions

  It might sound obvious, but one of worst things that can happen in a large group of people is an explosion. Even if no one is harmed in the blast, the panic that such an event inspires can lead to people being trampled, pushed into the blast, and many other terrible things.

  This horrible scenario became true in 2016 when colored powder ignited under a spotlight during a party at a water park in Taiwan, causing a series of explosions. Fifteen people died, 331 were seriously injured, and 135 suffered less severe injuries.

  The party organizer, Lu Chung-chi, essentially coated the party in the powder; spraying it over the party-goers, and handing out packets to them while they got down. When the flames broke out, many people received internal injuries from inhaling the flammable powder. 
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  (#8) Ride Malfunction

  One of the biggest concerns when going to an amusement park of any kind is the possibility of a ride malfunctioning and killing everyone. Ride malfunctions rarely happen, but when they do, it's not pretty. At Queensland Australia's Dreamworld, four people died while on the Thunder River Rapids ride. During their ride, a malfunction caused two people to be thrown from the raft while another two were stuck inside the upturned vehicle and dragged along a conveyor belt. 

  Tragically, in 2016, a young child was decapitated on a water ride at Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City.
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  (#9) Animal Attack

  Animals don't want to be in water parks, they don't want to be in zoos, and if they are in those places, they don't want you getting up in their grills. There have been multiple instances of an animal killing someone who managed to get to close to a creature who's just trying to live its life in captivity.

  Leah Edgar, a British tourist, lucked out when she survived an attack from a 700 lb sea lion with which she was trying to take a selfie. The sea lion, Rocky, sank its teeth into her thigh. Leah was okay after the attack, but things could have been much worse. 
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  (#10) Murder

  You're probably not going to be murdered at a water park, but it's important to remember that terrible random things can happen anywhere and at any time. On  Jan. 11, 2015, at The Bay Water Park in Kansas City, a 14-year-old was beaten and shot to death by 19-year-old Dominic Daniel for no discernable reason. Obviously, this horrible crime isn't the fault of the water park, but it's worth keeping in mind. 

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