One dead, kids injured as roller coaster derails in Sweden
A 35-year-old woman died as nine people, including children, were rushed to the hospital after a horror roller coaster crash in Sweden.
A woman has been killed and multiple kids were injured after a horror roller coaster crash in Stockholm, Sweden.
The 35-year-old died as nine people, including children, were rushed to the hospital following the accident at the Grona Lund amusement park, The Sun reports.
The tragic accident happened when the park’s Jetline roller coaster partly derailed during a ride.
A total of 14 people were on the roller coaster carriage.
One person was killed and several others injured when a roller coaster derailed in Stockholm on Sunday, Swedish TV reported.
Three people are seriously injured while three children were taken to Astrid Lindgren’s children’s hospital with minor injuries.
Park officials said that one of the carriages on the Jetline roller coaster derailed and people fell to the ground.
“It is incredibly tragic and shocking,” park spokesperson Annika Troselius said.
“Unfortunately we have been informed that one person is killed and many are injured.”
Eyewitnesses spoke of “chaotic” scenes as police cordoned off parts of the park while it appears the accident caused the ride’s wheels to come off.
A witness named Cecilia told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet: “First we heard three, four loud bangs. People started screaming and then people started running.
“At first they thought it was a shooting. Then we saw how the wheels from the cart were on the ground.
“That was probably what sounded so loud. It’s terrible, this kind of thing can’t happen.”
Police said they were still investigating.
“We are emptying the park and we’ve started our investigation,” a police spokesperson said.
Grona Lund said in a statement the 140-year-old park was closed until further notice.
Jenny Lagerstedt, a journalist visiting the park with her family, told national broadcaster SVT she was nearby and heard a metallic noise and noticed the track structure was shaking at the time of the accident.
She said: “My husband saw a roller coaster car with people in it falling to the ground.”
“My children were scared,” she added.
The steel-tracked Jetline roller coaster reaches a speed of up to 90km and a height of 30m, transporting more than one million visitors each year, the amusement park says on its website.
This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission
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