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Tragic story

This was during the week when the park was closed and the park maintenance crew was testing the rollercoaster. The grounds maintenance worker was late and did not check in and was not supposed to be inside the fence. He was wearing headphones and was standing at the low point between the tracks weedwacking when he was struck.

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Posted: 03/09/2021 at 05:40AM

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