{"id":1956756,"date":"2023-06-25T18:53:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T22:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-dead-others-wounded-after-nightmare-roller-coaster-derailment\/"},"modified":"2023-06-25T18:54:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T22:54:09","slug":"one-dead-others-wounded-after-nightmare-roller-coaster-derailment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-dead-others-wounded-after-nightmare-roller-coaster-derailment\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal Roller Coaster Derailment: 1 Dead, Several Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fone-dead-others-wounded-after-nightmare-roller-coaster-derailment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1956756&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>One Dead, Others Wounded After Nightmare Roller Coaster Derailment<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-dead-others-wounded-after-nightmare-roller-coaster-derailment\/\" title=\"Fatal Roller Coaster Derailment: 1 Dead, Several Injured\">roller coaster train derailed<\/a> in Stockholm on Sunday, sending some passengers plunging to the ground in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-injured-in-amusement-park-accident-in-iowa\/\" title=\"4 injured in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-governor-dramatically-rolls-back-coronavirus-restrictions-after-biden-attacked-republicans-for-similar-moves\/\" title=\"Democrat Governor \u2018Dramatically Rolls Back\u2019 Coronavirus Restrictions After Biden Attacked Republicans For Similar Moves\">amusement park<\/a> accident in Iowa&#8221;>amusement park accident<\/a> that left one dead and nine injured, police and park officials said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Witnesses described a chaotic scene at the Gr\u00f6na Lund park as the front of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-bridge-yellowstone-river-collapses-sending-freight-train-waters-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">train<\/a> appeared to jump off the tracks before coming to a stop, with one car tilted toward the ground.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe front of the train partly derailed and stopped on the track at a height of between 6 and 8 meters (between 20 and 25 feet),\u201d park chief executive Jan Eriksson said. \u201cA total of 14 people were on board, of which one person has died and several are injured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The regional government said nine people were taken to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-nearly-100-dead-sweltering-heat-wave-health-care-workers-leave-cancelled-emergency-hospital-beds-opened\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hospital<\/a>, one of them in serious condition. Three of the injured were children, all of them with minor injuries, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Witness Ziba Assadi told Swedish broadcaster TV4 that she was standing just below the Jetline roller coaster when she saw the wheel assembly of one of the cars crashing to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen the car stops and people fly out, fall out of the car,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said two or three people fell out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/driver-rams-patrol-car-backs-vehicle-deputy-doesnt-give-third-chance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">car<\/a>, one of whom managed to cling to the track. Photos from the scene showed a man sitting on a beam below the stopped train.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo he sits there straddling (the beam) and waits,\u201d Assadi said. \u201cThere was complete panic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The amusement park was evacuated after the accident and will remain closed for seven days to allow investigators to find out what went wrong, park officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis should not be allowed to happen,\u201d Gr\u00f6na Lund spokeswoman Annika Troselius said. \u201cSafety is the most important thing for us. And we would never open an attraction if we were not confident that it was safe, so this is something we need to investigate thoroughly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police launched a criminal investigation on possible charges of involuntary manslaughter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-conservatives-call-out-trudeaus-fringe-minority-comments-after-driver-runs-over-covid-19-protestors\/\" title=\"Canadian Conservatives Call Out Trudeau\u2019s \u2018Fringe Minority\u2019 Comments After Driver Runs Over COVID-19 Protestors\">causing bodily harm<\/a> and causing danger to others.<\/p>\n<p>The 800-meter (2,600-foot) long Jetline rollercoaster opened in 1988 and was renovated in 2000, according to Gr\u00f6na Lund. It has a maximum height of 30 meters (98 feet) and a top speed of 90 kph (56 mph).<\/p>\n<p>Opened in 1883, Gr\u00f6na Lund is Sweden\u2019s oldest amusement park.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-one-dead-others-wounded-nightmare-roller-coaster-derailment\/\">One Dead, Others Wounded After Nightmare Roller Coaster Derailment<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Stockholm, a roller coaster train derailed at Gr\u00f6na Lund park, causing chaos as witnesses saw the front of the train jump off the tracks. Tragically, one person died and nine others were injured in the amusement park accident on Sunday. 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