Woman Found Unconscious On Roller Coaster (http://www.wesh.com/news/2506143/detail.html) - Associated Press, 9/23/03

QuikQuote: A 37-year-old woman was found unconscious in her seat Tuesday after riding the Incredible Hulk Coaster at the Universal Orlando amusement park. A spokeswoman for Universal Orlando said the woman was taken to a nearby hospital. Her condition wasn't known. The ride was shut down and is being inspected. The roller coaster drops passengers into loops from more than 100 feet in the air.
According to the fire department, when the ride stopped, the other passengers got off, but the woman remained in her seat. They said she had no pulse. The woman's family said she had complained about jaw pain earlier in the day. Cardiac pain can sometimes radiate to the jaw.

Sounds like it most definitely was some sort of condition triggered by the semi-intense ride, kind of like that woman who died on Goliath a while ago... I'm quite sure there still has not been any death on a B&M where the ride is to blame.

Originally posted by Icy Bacon
Sounds like it most definitely was some sort of condition triggered by the semi-intense ride, kind of like that woman who died on Goliath a while ago... I'm quite sure there still has not been any death on a B&M where the ride is to blame.

The lady's death on Goliath was NOT triggered by the ride - the condition that killed her would most likely have happened even if she didn't ride a single ride; she was slumped over at the time of the onride photo, long before the ride's high-g ending helices.

The cardiologist taking care of the Incredible Hulk Coaster rider even stated that the woman would have had the incident at some point in the day, it was bad timing more than anything else.

Incredible Hulk is NOT an incredibly forceful ride, if you don't believe me, take an accelerometer aboard

Originally posted by CoasterMatt
...she was slumped over at the time of the onride photo, long before the ride's high-g ending helices.

I completely agree with CoasterMatt; however I want to make sure the facts are correct. From the Orlando Sentinel's article...

Universal spokesman Tom Schroder said the woman was alert moments before her coaster train approached the unloading area.

A camera, which takes pictures of guests while they are on the roller coaster, snapped a photograph that indicates she was conscious, Schroder said.

Gault said 32 passengers were on the ride, and when the coaster came into the station, the woman was conscious. While the coaster was moving to the unloading platform, during which the train brakes slowly, she passed out.

What Matt said about the cardiologist is correct; he said this probably would have happened regardless of where she was.

Bottom line: the Hulk is a VERY safe ride for those who can and should ride it. In this unfortunate case, she nor anyone in her family knew she had a heart problem. Very sad....

Sorry, but I was talking about the lady who died aboard Goliath, in reference to being slumped over at the onride photo; I did notice that the article stated that the rider aboard Hulk was conscious until the final brake run.

Ah. My apologies, Matt. If I had read more closely, I would have seen that.

No worries, let's go ride some roller coasters!

And be sure to get an annual physical.

Just an update (http://580wdbo.com/news/030930hulk.html):

A woman who had a heart attack last week while riding the Incredible Hulk Coaster at Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventure theme park has died....Her family said (she) never gained consciousness and was taken off life support Saturday.

She had two boys - one 4 yrs old and one 11 mos. Very sad....