Gröna Lund: Rollercoaster accident in Sweden leaves one dead

A rollercoaster mishap astatine an amusement parkland successful Sweden has killed 1 idiosyncratic and injured astatine slightest nine.

The thrust astatine the Gröna Lund parkland successful Stockholm is reported to person partially derailed, according to witnesses. The Jetline rollercoaster reaches a tallness of 30m and a velocity of 90km/h.

The parkland was evacuated aft the mishap and constabulary and exigency services were called to the scene.

The park's main executive, Jan Eriksson, declared a "day of mourning".

Three of the 9 injured radical are understood to beryllium severely wounded and are receiving attraction astatine a adjacent hospital.

The mishap took spot conscionable aft 11:30 Swedish section clip (9:30 GMT).

Fourteen radical were connected the thrust erstwhile the beforehand portion of the rollercoaster separated from the vehicle, past stopped successful the mediate of the way and sent radical crashing to the ground.

Jenny Lagerstedt, a writer visiting the parkland with her family, told Swedish broadcaster SVT she was nearby, heard a metallic sound and saw the way shaking.

"My hubby saw a rollercoaster car with radical successful it falling to the ground," she said, adding that her children were scared.

"Something similar this should not hap astatine Gröna Lund, and yet it happened," Mr Eriksson said.

He added that the 140-year-old parkland would beryllium closed for a week for constabulary to transportation retired an investigation.

Those who person already bought tickets for that play volition person their wealth refunded.

"It is important for america to bash everything we tin to get to the bottommost of this," Annika Troselius, a spokeswoman for Gröna Lund, told a quality conference.

Parisa Liljestrand, Sweden's civilization minister, said quality of the mishap was incomprehensible and expressed her condolences.