Jury awards teens $550K after Oregon amusement park ride left them hanging upside down: report

Video showed riders suspended vertically on the AtmosFEAR ride at Oaks Park after the spinning pendulum malfunctioned on opening day of summer 2024.

Portland Fire & Rescue Two teenagers who were left dangling upside down on a malfunctioning amusement park ride have been awarded a combined $550,000. Xitlali Gomez-Salais and Evie Yannotta were 13 and 14 when they became trapped with 26 other riders on the AtmosFEAR pendulum ride at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland in

Two teenagers were awarded $275,000 each this week by a jury in Multnomah County, Oregon, after a terrifying incident at an amusement park in Portland.

Two Oregon teens who were among 28 people left dangling upside down on a broken-down amusement park thrill ride were awarded a combined $550,000 as compensation for the traumatic event. Xitlali Gomez-Salais and Evie Yannotta, who were just 13 and 14 at the time, both feared they would fall 100 feet to their deaths when

Each teen will receive $275,000.