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A malfunction on a roller coaster sent 27 people to hospitals, most with minor chest and neck injuries, a park official said.
The accident happened on the Son of Beast roller coaster at Paramount's Kings Island just northeast of Cincinnati. WCPO-TV reported that witnesses saw the roller coaster come to an abrupt stop at about 4:45 p.m.
Riders complained of discomfort after the coaster completed a circuit and pulled back into the boarding area, said Maureen Kaiser, a spokeswoman for the park.
Twenty-seven people were injured, Kaiser said. Twenty-five riders had been released from hospitals within seven hours of the accident and one had been admitted with injuries that weren't life-threatening, Kaiser said. She did not know the other patient's condition.
Park officials shut down the ride and were examining it, Kaiser said.
The park's Web site describes the roller coaster as "the tallest, fastest and only looping wooden coaster on the planet" that hurtles down a 214-foot hill at more than 78 mph. The coaster, which opened in 2000, is more than 7,000 feet long and features a 118-foot tall loop.
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Credit*: CBSNEWS.com
Well, as alot know by now I went on vation, for a couple days. We were supposedlly going to this Amusement park, but so inccidents occred, meaning we were not going to be able to make it that far, due to some "hospitalaztion". We went last year, and my Dad himself, who went to ride this ride, while me and my mom went to go ride another one and such. We met up with him later about 5 minutes after he got off, to ride the free-fall ride they have. Well, he said himself that it was one of roughtest rollercoaster of his life.
07-11-2006, 10:31 PM
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