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Fatal monorail accident at Disney
Comments 0 | Recommend 0Two monorail trains at Disney World crashed this morning, killing the conductor of one of the them, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office. No guests at the park were hurt. The accident happened at the Magic Kingdom transportation center at about 1 a.m.
WKMG in Orlando is reporting that the man who died is Austin Wuennenberg, 21, and no one was in his train at the time. For unknown reasons, he missed the warning indicators that another train was parked ahead of him. The driver and about six park guests aboard that train were not hurt. Monorail conductors are supposed to recognize other trains ahead by visual identification of the train or a white strobe light.
On Wunnenberg's Facebook page, he describes driving a monorail as "'Running the highway in the sky!' He graduated from Celebration High School in 2006 and attended Stetson University.
Disney released the following statement:
"Our hearts go out to the family and fellow cast members who lost a co-worker and a friend. Safety of our guests and cast members is our top priority. We will work with law enforcement to determine what happened."
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