Little Leaper

Little Leaper is a steel roller coaster at Lakemont Park in Altoona, Pennsylvania. It is a standard Allan Herschel Little Dipper kiddie coaster. The park currently does not allow teens or adults on it.

Little Leaper
Lakemont Park
LocationLakemont Park
Coordinates40.47155°N 78.39543°W / 40.47155; -78.39543
StatusOperating
General statistics
TypeSteel
ManufacturerAllan Herschell Company
DesignerBradley and Kaye
ModelLittle Dipper
Track layoutOval
Inversions0
Little Leaper at RCDB
Pictures of Little Leaper at RCDB


Incident

  • On September 2, 1991, Chris Wickfield, a seventeen-year-old ride attendant, got dragged away by the coaster and lost his right leg after it got mangled between the train and its track/chain. The incident was featured on the television series Rescue 911 in 1992.

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