Mexico City rollercoaster deaths: Two killed after carriage flips over
A witness reports seeing one passenger thrown from the car and other riders hit their heads after the car overturned at speed.
Sunday 29 September 2019 06:51, UK
At least two people have died after a rollercoaster carriage came off the tracks and plunged to the ground at an amusement park聽in Mexico.
The two victims, both males aged 18 and 21, died of head and other injuries when the last car on the ride derailed at the La Feria amusement park in Mexico City on Saturday, authorities said.
At least two women were also injured.
Video circulating on social media showed the car turning nearly upside down and smashing into a metal loop on the rollercoaster.
A trader at the park reported seeing a passenger thrown from the carriage and other riders hit their heads as the decades-old coaster advanced at high speed while dragging the flailing, final car.
Images from the aftermath showed emergency workers at the scene and a single metal carriage on the ground, on its side.
Initial investigations indicate a mechanical failure caused the final car to come loose and fall from a height of 10m (33ft), a spokesman for the attorney general's office said.
Authorities are treating the accident as a case of negligent homicide and the park has been closed while investigations continue.