Airlifted to hospital, but couldn’t be saved.
By Raif Karerat
WASHINGTON, DC: A ten-year-old girl who was airlifted from Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park in Valencia, California, has died, according to coroner’s officials who waited until Monday to release the news.
Jasmine Martinez, of Somis, died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a day after she was found unconscious, said Ed Winter, spokesman for the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.
The Ventura County girl had just exited the looping Revolution roller coaster and returned to the ride station when she collapsed at the park in northern Los Angeles County. She was described as breathing, but unconscious, when she was airlifted from the Valencia theme park and later died at a hospital, reported Los Angeles-based NBC affiliate KNBC.
The theme park attested Jasmine came into the ride station unconscious. Later that day, state officials determined her untimely death was not related to the operation of the ride and reopened the attraction. However, now that Jasmine has died, the ride has been temporarily closed as they review the incident, revealed the Los Angeles Times.
Revolution climbs up a 113-foot hill, then swoops through slopes and a long, steep straightaway to a 90-foot-tall vertical loop, disclosed KNBC.
The theme park’s official description of the ride states it hits speeds of 55 mph as “you rocket through narrow curves, soar over peaks, and plow through a tunnel, banking left and right like a pro.”
According to a statement released by Six Flags, more than 45 million park visitors have safely ridden Revolution since it opened nearly 40 decades ago in 1976, reported local ABC affiliate KABC.
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It opened 40 decades ago? In 1615?