An Arizona man said he climbed out of a moving roller coaster after his safety bar unlatched on Sunday, and the dizzying escape was caught on camera.
The man, who said he was celebrating his niece’s birthday at Castles N’ Coasters in Phoenix, told NBC affiliate KPNX he was riding Desert Storm, a double-looping roller coaster, when his lap bar unlatched just seconds after the ride began.
He asked to remain unidentified, but shared cell phone video of the coaster calamity with KPNX.
"We start the climb, and you hear the click of the chain of the normal roller coaster," the man told the Phoenix outlet.
He recalled hearing the lap bar click into place before the ride took off, but said the operator never physically checked to make sure it was latched properly.
Persons:
KPNX
Organizations:
NBC, KPNX, U.S . Consumer Product Safety Commission
Locations:
Arizona, Phoenix