Carriage derailed and fell to the ground at the Grona Lund amusement park
Police cordon off the Grona Lund amusement park in Stockholm. Photograph: Claudio Bresciani/TT News Agency via APOne person was killed and several others injured when a rollercoaster derailed in Stockholm on Sunday, Swedish TV reported.
Park officials told public broadcaster SVT that one of the carriages on the Jetline rollercoaster derailed and fell to the ground at the Grona Lund amusement park.“Unfortunately we have been informed that one person is killed and many are injured.”Police said seven people, both children and adults, were admitted to hospital after the accident.SVT reporter Jenny Lagerstedt, who was standing in line for another ride, said the carriage fell from a high altitude with passengers inside.
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