Officials said Terry’s car “wouldn’t have been exposed to the end of the guardrails had the car been traveling in the direction for which the track was designed, which was counterclockwise.” Walt Disney World received $7,000 in fines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as a result of the accident. A Florida Highway Patrol investigation concluded driving instructor Gary Terry, 36, died when driver Tavon Watson, 24, was driving a Lamborghini at 100 mph in the wrong direction on the track. The Orlando Sentinel reported the child got separated from his parents and following a brief search, was found at the bottom of the pool around 8 p.m.Ī fatal accident occurred on Apat the Walt Disney World Speedway when a driver at the Exotic Driving Experience lost control on the course and crashed. Witness reports stated Walt Disney World monorails temporarily shut down as officials quickly roped off a crime scene area, but reopened later in the day to normal operations.Ī three-year-old child drowned in one of Disney’s Art of Animation resort pools on July 14, 2015.

On March 22, 2016, a man reportedly jumped to his death from Disney’s Contemporary Resort’s inner A-frame tower. Here are eight other times people died on Walt Disney World property.

RELATED: Walt Disney World closes beaches after alligator takes boy Unfortunately, news of a two-year-old boy being attacked by an alligator and pulled into a lagoon at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa has cast a shadow of the magical destination and it’s not the first time tragedy has hit the resort. Walt Disney World is normally known to bring smiles to visitors from across the world.

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