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Industry => Industry News => Topic started by: nitroblast on May 30, 2006, 03:15:30 PM
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Quote from CoasterRadio.com Message Board:
Hello,
It's with a sad heart that I post this message. I was surfing the net and landed on the website of an Evansville, Indiana t.v. station which is where I found this story.
UPDATE, TUE, 7:00 AM: A Holiday World employee, killed in a mowing accident over the weekend, will be laid to rest later this week.
Visitation for Eric Hempfling is set for Wednesday, from 2:00 until 8:00 PM, and Thursday from 7:00 until 9:30 AM at Becher Funeral Home in Ferdinand.
The funeral is set for Thursday morning at 10:00 at Saint Ferdinand Catholic Church.
The 20-year-old was a resident of Birdseye and a student at the University of Southern Indiana.
Previously: A tragic accident leaves a Holiday World employee dead.
A spokesperson for the amusement park says 20-year-old Eric Michael Hempfling died in a mowing accident at the park Saturday afternoon.
Hempfling was a grounds crew supervisor and had worked seasonally at Holiday World since 2001. During the rest of the year, he was a student at USI.
The folks at Holiday World say Eric was a wonderful young man with many friends and he will be missed. They are planning a private memorial service for him at the park Monday morning.
Paula, if you read this post, please let the family and staff know that they have my deepest sympathys. I will keep Eric's personal family and Holiday World family in my thoughts and prayers.
God Bless!
Adam Welp a.k.a. HolidayWorldFan
New Albany, IN
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Besides Mr. Hempfling's family, I also feel so much sorrow for the park itself. I think they were finally getting over things and on a rebound and now this happens :(
Thanks for passing along the post Nitroblast.
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I can only imagine what a mowing accident entails... My best wishes to his family and the park.
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Its very tragic to see something like this happen, at least it wasnt on one of the coasters so they still have a clean record on that slate