Three people have filed a lawsuit against Six Flags, claiming the Eureka-based amusement park failed to maintain and properly train staff for one of the waterslide rides in Hurricane Harbor. The three were injured last year while riding the Typhoon Twister in Six Flags’ water park, according to court documents.
Mckenzie Angel of Holcomb and Addyson Aaron and Hayden Jarrell, both of Dexter, filed the suit on March 17 in St. Louis County Court. All three are seeking to be awarded damages in excess of $25,000 and a jury trial, court records show.
According to the lawsuit, Angel, Aaron and Jarrell were injured Aug. 23, 2025, when the tube they were riding in flipped on the Typhoon Twister. All three were transported to an area hospital for treatment.
As a result of the fall, Aaron had multiple spinal fractures, requiring a five-day hospital stay and home health physical therapy and occupational therapy. Angel had a concussion, injured left shoulder and back, and neck stiffness and soreness, and Jarrell also had a concussion and amnesia due to hitting his head, the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit claims Six Flags: failed to properly maintain or operate the Typhoon Twister in a way to prevent dangerous conditions; failed to properly inspect it for hazards; failed to train employees in the safe use of the ride, including how to safely select, load, instruct and position riders; and failed to prevent employees from spinning tubes.
A Six Flags spokesperson said the company does not comment on pending litigation.
The three injured people were weighed by an employee and situated in the tube before being pushed onto the slide. The tube then flipped, throwing the three off the tube and onto the slide, according to the lawsuit.
Two to four people may ride a tube at a time on the Typhoon Twister. The waterslide has a 125-foot-long whirlpool bowl that spins the tube before riders are dropped through the bottom on the tube. The drop takes the riders down a five-story slide, after which the tube is shot out a 45-foot, zero-gravity wave wall, Six Flags’ website, mid-americaparks.enchantedparks.com, said.
The Typhoon Twister opened in the water park in 2018, according to the website.
The waterslide was temporarily shut down shortly after it was opened after a woman was ejected from a tube she was riding on and was injured.
Six Flags was recently sold to EPR Properties, a commercial real estate investment trust, and is being operated by Orlando-based Enchanted Parks. It opens for the season on Saturday.