the indoor roller coaster unsafe. WHAS-TV reported on the accident in throughout July 1994 and again in May 1996, which led to Ed Hart suing the station for its reporting on the accident, claiming that they were responsible for a profit-loss of $800,000. In March 1998, the jury ruled in favor of Kentucky Kingdom, awarding the park $3.975 million. The case was appealed many times after the 1998 ruling, until June 2006, when the station abandoned the appeals process and gave Themeparks LLC $7.4 million. Superman: Tower of Power On June 21, 2007, a 13-year-old girl was severely injured on Superman: Tower of Power. A cable, which snapped shortly after the ride began, became entangled around the girl's feet during the drop, shattering her left femur and severing both feet. Her right foot was successfully reattached later, but amputation below the knee was required on the left leg. Following the incident, other drop tower rides around the country were temporarily grounded for inspection. Superman: Tower of Power at Kentucky Kingdom, however, never reopened and was dismantled. Kentucky Kingdom Gardens Kentucky Kingdom Gardens, the park's horticulture department, has a year-round greenhouse that grows more than 20 cultivars of annuals, more than 100 different species of perennials and ornamental grasses, and various specimen coniferous and deciduous trees. In 2016, the park introduced plant labels, which provided the plant names, and a QR code that would give more information about the plants. The department is currently headed by Jason Anderson, and has more than 12 staff members. Parking Kentucky Kingdom shares a parking lot with the Kentucky Exposition Center; parking costs $10 for cars and $20 for buses. When the park reopened in 2014, season pass holders had to pay to park. However, on April 2, 2015, Kentucky Kingdom and the Kentucky State Fair Board made a ten-year agreement for the park to pay the Fair Board $400,000 annually, to allow season pass holders to park for free, except for during the Kentucky State Fair. On July 11, 2018, the park filed a lawsuit against four state agencies, including the Kentucky State Fair Board, claiming that the Fair Board violated the deal to give free parking to season pass holders. Kentucky Kingdom claimed that state departments, including the Fair Board, restricted parking for park patrons by granting “exclusive” use to the Kentucky State Fair midway operator and other tenants of the exposition center.