Video: Two die as rollercoaster carriage falls to the ground at Mexican park

Two die at Mexican park as roller coaster carriage falls

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At least two people have died and five others have been injured after a rollercoaster carriage flipped over mid-ride at a Mexican theme park yesterday.

The carriage derailed and plunged to the ground at the La Feria amusement park in Mexico City.

The Mexico City attorney general’s office said two men aged 18 and 21 died of head and other injuries in the crash.

Preliminary investigations have found there was a mechanical failure on the Quimera ride, causing a carriage to come loose and fall from a height of 33 feet.

Authorities are treating the accident as a case of negligent homicide.

Video circulating on social media showed the car flipping nearly upside down and smashing into a metal loop on the rollercoaster.

Images from the aftermath showed first responders attending victims and a single metal rail car on the ground, on its side, near blood stains.

The towering Quimera coaster in Chapultepec Park can be seen from afar in the capital, its three nearly vertical yellow and red loops visible from a major highway.

The Feria park closed following the accident.

A vendor at the park told local news outlet El Universal that she saw a passenger thrown from the car, and that other riders hit their heads as the coaster advanced at high speed while dragging the flailing, final car.

The decades-old coaster, like many rides in La Feria, was featured at other parks around the world before finding a home in Mexico City.

The park has been closed while further investigations are carried out.

Source: Daily Mail.

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