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STOCKHOLM, June 25 (Reuters) - One person was killed and nine injured, including children, in a roller coaster accident at the Grona Lund amusement park in the Swedish capital on Sunday, representatives of the park said. Eyewitnesses said the park's Jetline roller coaster had partly derailed during a ride, sending people crashing to the ground. The park spokesperson said 14 people were on the roller coaster when the front part partially derailed. [1/7]Emergency services attend the scene following a fatal accident that took place on the roller coaster Jetline at the Grona Lund amusement park in Stockholm, Sweden, June 25, 2023. "My husband saw a roller coaster car with people in it falling to the ground," Lagerstedt said.
Persons: Grona Lund, we've, Jan Eriksson, Grona, Eriksson, Marie Mannes Jenny Lagerstedt, Lagerstedt, Parisa Liljestrand, Liljestrand, Marie, Terje Solsvik, Emelia Sithole, Frank Jack Daniel Our Organizations: Police, Grona Lund, REUTERS, SVT, Sweden's, TT, Marie Mannes, Thomson Locations: STOCKHOLM, Lund, Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish
People visit Grona Lund amusement park in Stockholm, Sweden, September 5, 2009. A fatal accident took place on the park's roller coaster Jetline on June 25, 2023, according to local media. A roller coaster train derailed in Stockholm on Sunday, sending some passengers plunging to the ground in an amusement park accident that left one dead and nine injured, police and park officials said. 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. Opened in 1883, Gröna Lund is Sweden's oldest amusement park.
Persons: Witnesses, Jan Eriksson, Ziba Assadi, Assadi, Gröna Lund, Annika Troselius Organizations: TV4, Police Locations: Lund, Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish
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