After five hours, all passengers rescued from Six Flags roller coaster
The 24 people stranded on a roller coaster at Six Flags America Maryland were safely rescued Sunday.
The 24 people stranded on a roller coaster at Six Flags America Maryland were safely rescued Sunday.
Authorities say 24 people stranded on a roller coaster have been rescued from near the top of the ride at Six Flags America in Maryland.
Prince George's County Fire officials say it took about five hours Sunday to rescue 17 adults and seven children from The Joker's Jinx roller coaster.
Assistant Fire Chief Paul Gomez says the riders were sitting upright. A few had cramps, back pain and dehydration, but there were no major injuries.
A Six Flags America spokesman said in a statement that it is not yet clear what caused the ride to stop but that it has a computerized safety system that "performed as it is designed to."
Six Flags' website says the ride goes 60 miles per hour and upside down four times.
Last week, at聽Six Flags Great Adventure & Safari in Jackson, N.J., passengers on the Nitro roller coaster found themselves stuck part way up the first 233-foot high hill of the ride. Six Flags park officials say a power outage to the ride was to blame. No one was injured as a result of the stoppage.聽 Ride operators climbed up, helped the passengers out of their seats, and down the stairs, NBC News reported.
Last month, the front car of the Ninja coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Calif., became dislodged after colliding with a branch lying atop the tracks shortly. It took rescue crews three hours to evacuate the 22 riders, one at a time, from the coaster. No one was seriously injured.
But as 海角大神 reported, the safety record for amusement park rides is improving.