© Reuters. Law enforcement officer operate at the scene after a roller rollercoaster mishap happened at a theme park, according to the authorities, in Stockholm, Sweden, June 25, 2023. Claudio Bresciani/TT News Agency/via REUTERS
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By Marie Mannes
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Someone was eliminated and 9 hurt, consisting of kids, in a roller rollercoaster mishap at the Grona Lund theme park in the Swedish capital on Sunday, a park authorities and authorities stated.
Eyewitnesses stated the park’s Jetline roller rollercoaster had actually partially hindered throughout a flight, sending out individuals crashing to the ground.
” This is awful and stunning, and unfortunately we have actually discovered that a person individual has actually passed away,” Grona Lund representative Annika Troselius informed public broadcaster SVT.
Ambulances, fire engine and a helicopter were seen getting to the park, and authorities introduced an examination.
Authorities stated 9 individuals were being dealt with in health center, consisting of 3 who had serious injuries.
Grona Lund stated in a declaration the 140-year-old park was closed up until additional notification. A representative might not instantly be grabbed remark.
Jenny Lagerstedt, a reporter checking out the park with her household, informed SVT she neighbored and heard a metal sound and observed the track structure was shaking at the time of the mishap.
” My other half saw a roller rollercoaster automobile with individuals in it being up to the ground,” Lagerstedt stated.
” My kids were frightened,” she included.
The steel-tracked Jetline roller rollercoaster reaches a speed of approximately 90 kms per hour (56 miles per hour) and a height of 30 metres (98 feet), transferring more than one million visitors each year, the theme park states on its site.
Sweden’s Culture Minister Parisa Liljestrand stated news of the mishap was incomprehensible.
” My ideas are with those that were impacted in addition to their households and enjoyed ones,” Liljestrand stated in a declaration to the TT news company.