Thomas Cleveland, 19, was struck and killed by the Disneyland monorail in 1966 after sneaking into a graduation-night event by scaling a 16-foot fence and hiding on the tracks.
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Two years after Mark Maples's death, another young man paid with his life for trying to circumvent Disneyland's security. On June 18, 1966, Thomas Cleveland, 19, learned the park would host an exclusive all-night graduation party and hatched a plan: scale the 16-foot perimeter fence, climb a monorail pylon, and walk the track until he reached his friends. Security guards spotted him and shouted warnings, but rather than jump down, Thomas tried to hide on the fiberglass canopy between the rails. He apparently hadn't considered that the monorail would still be running while the park was occupied. As the train rounded a corner at 25 miles per hour, it struck Thomas. Monorail driver Dallas Baker never saw him — he only knew something had happened because he felt a bump. Thomas was killed instantly, and the coroner ruled his death purely accidental with no liability for Disneyland.
In 1966, 19-year-old Thomas Cleveland scaled a 16-foot fence to sneak into a Disneyland graduation party and hid on the active monorail track. He was struck and killed instantly — the driver only knew something had happened because he 'felt a bump.'
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