Waterworld California is a water park located in Concord, California. It used to be owned and operated by Six Flags, and now it is under the management of PARC Management. Local management team is directed by General Manager Paul Kimura and Director of Marketing Cory Moore.
On June 2 1997, a group of over 32 high school seniors from a visiting school from Napa, rode one of the winding slides of the Banzai Pipeline (now known as the Hurricane Slid...
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Waterworld California is a water park located in Concord, California. It used to be owned and operated by Six Flags, and now it is under the management of PARC Management. Local management team is directed by General Manager Paul Kimura and Director of Marketing Cory Moore.
On June 2 1997, a group of over 32 high school seniors from a visiting school from Napa, rode one of the winding slides of the Banzai Pipeline (now known as the Hurricane Slide Complex ) all together to try and break a school record for the number of people on a slide. The force on the water slide was four times greater than the slide was designed for, and because of the force, the slide collapsed while the students were on the ride. In the end, a 17 year old female student died due to the injuries received and another 32 students were sent to local hospitals for treatment.
In 1999, a settlement was reached from fourteen of the victims from the 1997 slide mishap. They reached a 4 million dollar settlement from...
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