{"id":199067,"date":"2025-10-09T00:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T00:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/199067\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T00:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T00:42:10","slug":"disneyland-california-guest-dies-after-riding-haunted-mansion-attraction-sparks-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/199067\/","title":{"rendered":"Disneyland California guest dies after riding Haunted Mansion attraction, sparks investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman has tragically died after riding Disneyland\u2019s iconic Haunted Mansion attraction, prompting shock and sorrow at the Anaheim theme park this week.<\/p>\n

Emergency crews were called to the New Orleans Square area on Monday, October 6, after the woman became unresponsive shortly after exiting the ride.<\/p>\n

Matt Sutter of the Anaheim Police Department reported that \u201cAnaheim Fire & Rescue responded to the Disneyland Resort for an unresponsive woman who had just finished riding the Haunted Mansion attraction,\u201d adding that \u201cDisneyland security personnel provided CPR until paramedics arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The guest was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was transported to a local hospital, where she was later pronounced deceased,\u201d Mr Sutter confirmed.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Disneyland told People<\/a> that a visitor required medical assistance inside the park and was transported for further care, though they declined to share more details \u201cout of respect for those involved\u201d.<\/p>\n

Witnesses said paramedics rushed through the cobblestone courtyard of the Haunted Mansion, one of Disneyland\u2019s most beloved and storied rides.<\/p>\n

Known for its ghostly illusions, creaking doorways and famous \u201cdoom buggies,\u201d the attraction has been a fixture at the park since 1969.<\/p>\n

\"AA woman dies during a ride at Disneyland. Credit: Berzane Nasser\/ABACA\/PA<\/p>\n

For many fans, the ride\u2019s spooky charm is a childhood rite of passage, making the tragedy especially jarring.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until later that officials confirmed the guest was a woman in her 60s. The Coroner\u2019s Office will determine her official cause of death, though authorities have not indicated any foul play.<\/p>\n

The park remained open following the incident, and the Haunted Mansion has since resumed normal operation.<\/p>\n

The death comes less than a month after another fatal theme park incident, this time at Universal Orlando, where 32-year-old Kevin Radriguez Zavala died on September 17 after riding the Stardust Racers roller coaster at Epic Universe.<\/p>\n

He died from multiple blunt impact injuries, according to the local medical examiner, who determined the manner of death to be accidental.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman has tragically died after riding Disneyland\u2019s iconic Haunted Mansion attraction, prompting shock and sorrow at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40,2957,1720],"class_list":["post-199067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-usa","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}