Mother of Monorail Driver Sues Disney
The mother of Austin Wueenenberg (21) who was killed in July 2009 after a crash involving two monorails at Walt Disney World, has filed a lawsuit against the Disney company.
Christinie Wuennenberg claims that Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Inc., her son’s employer, was responsible for his death because of negligent conduct.
The NTSB report on the incident stated that the crash happened when a switch failed to change position. According to WESH2 news, a number of negligent activities were at fault resulting in the crash including Disney knowing the front (and rear) of monorails were unable to protect against a head-on collision; the MAPO safety alert system being disengaged and drivers not occupying the rear of the monorail (an apparent safety procedure that is required when the MAPO system is off-line), and the supervisor in charge of the area was not on-site, rather in a nearby restaurant.
Both OSHA and the National Transportation Safety Board have said that the switch did not happen properly, and that they found no evidence of mechanical error in the equipment involved.
I heard that he was sleeping from my grandma when she was at the parks. Was he sleeping?