A ride at a historic Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, amusement park turned into a nightmare that left a man paralyzed, a North Carolina couple alleges in a lawsuit.
The couple, identified as Gangia Adhikari and husband Kul Sannyashi, said they visited the Family Kingdom Amusement Park July 23, 2021, and rode the wooden Swamp Fox Roller Coaster.
“While riding the roller coaster as a result of the negligence, carelessness, recklessness, willfulness and wantonness of the Defendants, Plaintiff’s husband suffered an acute injury to his spinal cord which caused quadriplegia,” the lawsuit, filed June 20, alleges.
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The couple alleged the coaster was “extremely dangerous, more so than a typical roller coaster.”
The lawsuit said Family Kingdom Amusement Park “failed to adequately warn customers” of the dangers the roller coaster could present to riders.
The lawsuit also …