At least 31 people have been injured after two rollercoaster trains collided at a Legoland amusement park in southern Germany.
Two people suffered severe but not life-threatening injuries and were rushed to hospital by helicopter.
Among the injured are 10 children, one teenager and 20 adaults, Bild reports.
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It is believed that one of the Fire Dragon roller coaster trains reportedly braked heavily and another then collided with it at the park in Günzburg, Bavaria.
The Fire Dragon ride is suitable for children aged six and older who are accompanied by adults, according to Legoland's website.
Kids aged eight-years-old and over can ride unaccompanied.
The rollercoaster, which reaches speeds of up to 18mph, is designed to look like a fire-breathing dragon, and passes through a dark indoor area before emerging outside to a large, twisting track.
A police spokesman said the accident happened in the area where people get on and off the rollercoaster.
Fortunately the train did not derail.
The Bavarian Red Cross said 15 people were transferred to hospital following the crash.
The incident was the second recent roller coaster accident in the country.
A 57-year-old woman died on Saturday after she fell out of a roller coaster car in the Rhineland-Palatinate village of Klotten.
The Koblenz public prosecutor’s office said on Monday that the woman from St Wendel “slipped from her seat before she fell off from a height of about eight meters”.
She died at the scene.
Investigators have yet to present their findings on the cause of the fatal accident.
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