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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Hollie Bone & Ashlie Blakey

Parents cling to screaming kids 20ft in air as rollercoaster breaks down mid-ride

Parents were clinging onto their children while they were suspended 20ft in the air 'for at least 90 minutes' from a broken down rollercoaster, an eyewitness has said.

Kids were pictured screaming as they became stuck on the Rocket Coaster at Southport Pleasureland yesterday afternoon (Saturday). One girl had to be rushed to hospital after suffering a head injury and falling unconscious when the ride suddenly stopped.

Her father desperately clambered off the ride to get to her, the Mirror reports. She and 19 other people had to be rescued from the rollercoaster.

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