Soosed News Patrol

On Thursday, a 13 year-old girl who was on the Superman ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom had her feet completely severed.

The girl's feet were completely amputated just below the ankle Thursday afternoon while riding the Superman Tower of Power at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville. A police dispatcher said a cord wrapped around the girl's feet while she was on the ride. "I seen the car go up. Then, like, the cable broke ... and I heard a lot of people screaming," Chris Stinnett, who was at a ride next to the Tower of Power, told CNN affiliate WDRB/WMYO-TV in Louisville. "The cable went under the car -- and I seen it pull up and hit a lot of people -- and I seen them bring their legs up," he said

It wasn't even a clean sever of the feet, it appears. It sounds more like the cord wrapped around and tore her feet off. Remind me to never go near large cords ever again.

However terrifying this incident is, the girl is now in hospital receiving surgery to (hopefully) reattach her feet.

I guess the only reassuring thing is that at least this didn't happen in Japan, where they don't perform regular maintenance on their roller coasters. Having your feet severed by a giant cord may just be slightly better than have your face smashed into a guard rail!