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Dozens of people stranded on a roller coaster more than 40 feet above the ground at a Santa Clara amusement park will be freed within the next couple hours, a fire official said.
Rescue workers responded to the call of 28 people stuck on the Invertigo ride at California’s Great America about 1:45 p.m., said Santa Clara Deputy Fire Chief Augie Wiedemann.
Wiedemann said the riders are sitting upright in the shade while stuck at a 45-degree angle.
Fire trucks with ladders and baskets were brought in to release each person, some of whose legs are dangling as high as 80 feet above the ground.
“Everyone’s very calm, we’re able to have good access to all the people,” Wiedemann said. “Once we take the people’s restraint off that’s built into the ride, we’ll lower them into the basket and bring them down to the ground. It’s going to be a long, methodical process because we’ll have to take each one individually, one at a time.” No injuries have been reported, and about 40 fire department and emergency medical service personnel are on the scene.
According to California’s Great America website, Invertigo is classified as a “thrill ride” that takes riders “through loops and boomerangs.”
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