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Denmark: 14-year-old girl killed on roller coaster

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“The back broke and was hanging off the rest of the coaster,” said the amusement park manager. It is noted that in 2008 there was another accident on the same roller coaster.

A A 14-year-old girl was killed and a 13-year-old boy was injured in an accident that occurred in a roller coaster in Orkhus, in the west Denmarkthe police announced.

The accident happened a few minutes before 1pm local time when one of the carriages detached from the Cobra roller coaster, said the director of the amusement park Tivoli Frichenden, Henrik Ragborg Olsen.

“The back broke and was hanging off the rest of the roller coaster”he explained speaking to the television channel TV2.

A 14-year-old girl was killed by the detachment of the wagon, while one A 13-year-old boy was injured in hand. The park was closed and all visitors were evacuated.

On the same roller coaster, where reaches a height of 25 meters and can develop a speed of 70 kilometers, it had been noted another accident in 2008. Then, the front part came off, seriously injuring four people. The subsequent investigation determined that the accident was due to a manufacturing error.

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