Ten hurt after roller coaster cars collide at southern California theme park

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Ten hurt after roller coaster cars collide at southern California theme park

2010-10-08 11:34:08 GMT+7 (ICT)

BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- Ten people were injured on early Thursday evening when two roller coaster cars collided at a theme park in southern California, officials said.

The accident happened just after 8 p.m. PDT on the Pony Express at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, a city in Orange County. "First units that arrived on scene encountered multiple patients," said Captain Greg McKeown of the Orange County Fire Authority.

McKeown said two cars of the roller coaster came into contact in the loading area of the roller coaster. McKeown said all ten patients were transported to area hospitals with mostly minor neck and back injuries.

The Pony Express is a a steel motorbike roller coaster which features sweeping turns and sudden drops in an "out-and-back" configuration. It has two trains with eight cars per train and riders are arranged two across in a single row for a total of 16 riders per train. It was first opened in 2008.

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[Fookhaht]

I love the pseudonym for collided: "came into contact." Story probably went through the legal department first.