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"I couldn't believe they were still stuck there": Horror after rollercoaster suddenly stops - leaving families hanging 'for 90 minutes'

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Parents have spoken of their horror after a rollercoaster suddenly ground to a halt on Saturday, leaving families stranded for '90 minutes'.

Parents were clinging onto their children as they were suspended 20ft in the air on a ride at Southport Pleasureland. Fire crews and paramedics attended the scene in which 19 people had to be rescued.

Among those, 17 were given precautionary checks by paramedics, but a young girl had lost consciousness when on the ride. Southport Pleasureland have said senior management and the theme park's maintenance team are continuing a 'thorough investigation' today (Sunday) 'into carriages stopping on the park’s Rocket Coaster yesterday morning'.

They added in a statement that the ride had a maintenance check in the morning and that the ride stopped, as it should, after detecting a fault.

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