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News: Magic Mountain's Log Jammer damaged

Posted at 9:36 PM EDT (0136 GMT)

Apr. 5th, 2006 -- Log Jammer at Six Flags Magic Mountain was damaged after a forklift dented one of the turns.

Crews were performing regular maintenance on the log flume ride when a forklift "slipped about four feet" and landed on its side on the ride, a park spokeswoman said. She said one of the drivers forgot to put blocks on the forklift, which caused it to hit the ride.

It is unknown how long the ride will be closed.

Log Jammer opened with the park in 1971. It lasts about three minutes as it winds around trees and the park's hilly terrain.

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James Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 10638 View Park/Ride Count	Was the park opened when it happened? Must have spill'd a lot of water.
4/5/2006 9:38 PM
Pcw Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1829 View Park/Ride Count	Wonder what happened to the driver :P
4/5/2006 9:46 PM
sfft_2108 Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 5039 View Park/Ride Count	Yah, I wonder if any water spilled out.
4/5/2006 9:58 PM
Pcw Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1829 View Park/Ride Count	If you read the report on the link, it happened over night or at least when everyone was gone so no, no water could have spilled.
4/5/2006 10:03 PM
MrMike Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 30 View Park/Ride Count	All water rides are drained out when they are not operating, in case anyone gets confused as to why there wasn't water in a water ride.
4/5/2006 10:24 PM
cannonballer Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1313 View Park/Ride Count	How are they gonna fix it? are they gonna have to order new peice of track?
4/5/2006 11:52 PM
Zingoman Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1298 View Park/Ride Count	I don't get how it dented it rather than cracked and broke it. It's old too.
4/6/2006 12:35 AM
SFOT Source Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 346 View Park/Ride Count	Depending on how bad the damage is, they could most likely patch it up with flume-like material that they use on the ride itself.
4/6/2006 1:58 AM
cannonballer Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1313 View Park/Ride Count	Like fiber glass type of material or somthing stronger? How long would it take to patch somthing like that?
4/6/2006 3:26 AM
Wes Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 10886 View Park/Ride Count	It shouldn't take long. Those things come out in pieces (the track) and you can just fix it up or put a new section in.
4/6/2006 7:53 AM

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