Redlands, California Firefighters Rescue Seven People on Roller Coaster

Firefighters rescued seven people stuck on a roller coaster Saturday at Pharaoh's Lost Kingdom.
March 1, 2005
REDLANDS, CA -- Firefighters rescued seven people stuck on a roller coaster Saturday at Pharaoh's Lost Kingdom.

About 4:20 p.m., two of the roller coaster's cars were stuck, one as high as 60 feet, said Capt. Stephen Young of the Redlands Fire Department. Using a ladder truck, the people whose ages ranged from 5 to 31 climbed down one by one with a firefighter assisting them, Young said.

No one was injured.

It was unknown what caused the problem, Young said.

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