Go-Kart Accidents At Theme Parks

The faster a vehicle can go, and the more the vehicle weighs, the older and more skilled you must be to drive it. Therefore, you must be at least 16 to drive a car, and you must pass a series of tests. For trucks, buses, and heavy machinery, you must be even older, and the training and testing protocol to get a license is even more rigorous. Therefore, it only makes sense that the vehicles that younger teens can drive carry less risk. The vehicles are smaller, and they do not go as fast as the motor vehicles that you can only drive with the permission of the DMV. Therefore, teens without driver’s licenses sometimes drive go-karts at amusement parks and golf carts at golf courses or inside vacation resorts. ATVs are also a popular form of transportation for South Carolina teens, whether at ATV parks or on city streets. In South Carolina, it is legal to drive low-speed motorized vehicles such as ATVs and golf carts on public roads with a low-speed limit. Disastrous accidents can happen when these ostensibly harmless vehicles collide with something bigger and faster. If you have been injured in a collision while driving a go-kart or similar motor vehicle that is smaller and slower than a conventional automobile, contact a Columbia car accident lawyer.

Teen Dies in Go-Kart Collision With Forklift During Christmas Holidays

During the last week of 2024, it seemed like the perfect time to visit amusement parks and ride go-karts in South Carolina; while other parts of the country were blanketed with snow, it was the ideal amusement park weather here in the Palmetto State. Kamel Sewell spent his winter break working at Frankie’s Fun Park. On the last Friday of the year, he was riding a go-kart at the amusement park, and his go-kart collided with a forklift. Sewell suffered fatal injuries in the collision. He was 17 years old.

At the time of publication of news reports about the accident, it was not clear whether another employee was driving the forklift at the time of the collision, or whether the forklift was unattended. Sewell’s family hired a lawyer and intended to file a wrongful death lawsuit against Frankie’s Fun Park.

Most of the time, when employees get injured at their place of employment, they resolve the matter through workers’ compensation claims, which do not involve litigation about negligence. It was not clear from the published reports whether Sewell was working at the time of the accident or simply visiting the amusement park as a guest. In either case, the accident was so preventable that it is almost certainly a case of premises liability.

Let Us Help You Today

The personal injury lawyers at the Stanley Law Group can help you get justice after getting injured in a preventable accident on a go-kart track or at another place of recreation.  Contact The Stanley Law Group in Columbia, South Carolina or call (803)799-4700 for a free initial consultation.

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