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This is the article for the roller coaster at Galaxyland. You may have been looking for Mind Bender. Mindbender is a steel roller coaster at Galaxyland in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It opened on 20 December Mindbender has a compact layout reminiscent of Quimera , the other Schwarzkopf triple looper, and several attractions intertwine with Mindbender — most notably Galaxyland's 4-D Theater and Galaxy Orbiter.

Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 12 riders per train. The yellow train currently operating on the ride is not the original involved in the accident. On June 14, , three people were killed and another 19 were injured when the rear car of one of the trains derailed before striking a pillar. Navigation Main page Random page Help Style guide. Portals World records Roller coasters Coaster types Ride types. A provincial inquiry eventually blamed the crash on a defunct West German company for design and manufacturing flaws.

It found that four bolts had worked loose, allowing a wheel assembly to fall off the roller-coaster car. Chayko says he received an undisclosed settlement from the mall after the accident. But he has also requested a few times over the years for the mall to put a memorial bench near the Mindbender. Staff offered instead to put a plaque on an office wall, Chayko says. Not every one knows his story, he says, but when he explains that he was on the Mindbender when it crashed, people nod.

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