Rollercoaster slips off track at theme park as witnesses report 'horrific' screams

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A theme park rollercoaster slipped off its track, an eyewitness claims, as he recalls hearing "horrific" screams. Oakwood Theme Park in Pembrokeshire, south west Wales, was evacuated earlier this afternoon after a "serious" medical emergency.

The Welsh Ambulance Service was called to the scene at 1pm, with an air ambulance also arriving at the park, reports the Mirror.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has since launched an investigation following the incident on the Treetops ride. One eyewitness, who wished to remain anonymous, says he was among the first people on the ride but was told there would be a 10 minute wait as engineers were working on an issue."We waited for a bit and saw the engineers right in front of us doing some work," he said."We decided to come back in a bit.

We returned 10 minutes later and saw people getting on the ride so we returned and sat near the front."Less than a minute into the ride I heard horrific screams and noticed the back end of the coaster slipping and sliding off the track and a girl crying in severe distress and what appeared to be the bar raised."He added: "I shouted for the ride to stop and staff were clearly panicking to get it stopped.