2023-06-25 16:55:33
At least one person has died and at least nine others have been injured after a roller coaster derailed at an amusement park in Stockholm, Sweden.
In accordance with local media,
The accident at the ride occurred around 11:40 a.m. on Sunday, in which children and adults were injured.
They detailed emergency services and the amusement park known as “Gröna Lund”, that people fell from the roller coaster car when it derailed and got stuck. While other people were stranded in the mechanical game waiting to be rescued.
Emergency services received distress calls around noon about the derailment of the roller coaster and a large number of rescue service units, ambulances and a helicopter arrived at the scene, in addition to evacuating the amusement park.
Children among those injured in roller coaster derailment in Sweden
Swedish authorities reported that of the nine injured people who are already being treated at the hospital, three of them are seriously injured, including children.
Due to the derailment of the roller coaster, the authorities opened an investigation to determine the cause of the accident, so the amusement park will remain closed for a week.
Those in charge of the place indicated that the safety of the users is the most important thing, for which reason internal and independent controls are carried out periodically in each of the mechanical games to guarantee it.
“We would never open an attraction if we didn’t trust the security, which is why we are so shocked by this incident,” Annika Troselius, press officer for Gröna Lund, told the media.
The amusement park regretted the death of the person and those injured on the roller coaster and assured that it cooperates with the authorities in the investigation.
“Today is a day of mourning in “Gröna Lund”, our thoughts are with the relatives and those affected. We are now helping the police with their investigation and also starting our own investigation,” said Jan Eriksson, CEO of the amusement park.
On social networks, the moment when the roller coaster car is stuck circulates, while trapped people seek to be saved. In other recordings, some of the passengers of the mechanical game record the moments of anguish that children experience while they are rescued.
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