Giant brawl forced Hersheypark to stop rollercoaster as parents hid under tables: police
PennLive | 9 June 2026 | Zahriah BalentineHersheypark visitors shielded their children and hid under tables during a wide-scale fight on opening day in April, police said in court documents released Tuesday.
The rollercoaster Skyrush also had to come to an emergency stop during the April 3 series of fights, Derry Township police wrote in an affidavit of probable cause charging Quaneek Williams, 18, with riot, a felony, and other charges including assault and failing to disperse.
Williams, of Lemoyne, was one of 55 people between 12 and 19 years old charged in connection with the brawl. …
Police said surveillance footage showed two groups of people arguing before a fight broke out near the SooperDooperLooper coaster about five minutes prior.
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Nah. I plan to go to go to DisneyWorld and watch Bearded Snow White during Pride Month.
I would go to Hersheypark before I ever go down the Hershey Highway I can tell you that.
Nah, at one time I cleaned under tables at a bowling alley – you really don’t want to know what’s under there…
I’m hoping to get a network of controllable cameras at all venues – I would become an internet sensation…
Not this weekend, I’ve got Arena League Waffle House tickets.
We’ve got FIFA World Cup shenanigans going on here, so I assume the fun will come to me.
Plan? No. Let whimsy take me there? Possibly.
Quaneek?
Is that an Amish name?
Quaneek (n.):
1. The sound a damp wooden deck makes when you are trying to sneak up behind a pirate on an 18th-century sailing ship.
2. A persistent and incurable problem; i.e.: A quaneek condition.
QAFO
Quaneek around and find out
“Williams, of Lemoyne, . . . “
Well, when life hands you Lemoynes…
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