DERAILED

Woman Plunges 20ft From Faulty Rollercoaster

“I saw her lying on the ground, her face covered in blood,” said the victim’s husband. “I didn’t know if she had survived.”

Harrowing footage of a woman who was thrown 20ft from a speeding rollercoaster was shown in court on Monday, following a 2023 incident at a Swedish theme park that left one dead and nine injured. In the clip, filmed at Stockholm’s Gröna Lund theme park, Karin Emegard can be seen being thrown from the Jetline coaster after a support arm fracture caused it to come to a sudden halt and partially derail. “It was horrifying to see my wife fall out of the car,” said husband Mikael Elmegard, who was also thrown from the cart but grabbed hold of a beam to prevent himself from falling. “When I saw her lying on the ground, her face covered in blood, I didn’t know if she had survived.” The tragic incident resulted in the death of a woman in her thirties. Karin Elmegard survived the fall but required surgery and continues to struggle with everyday tasks following what she described as a “physically painful and mentally exhausting” recovery. “I remember falling towards the grass, with it rushing up at me at a terrifying speed,” she told local media of the fall. “I don’t think I would have survived if I had fallen onto something harder, like the tracks.” The trial against Gröna Lund and two other companies began on November 10th. Prosecutors are seeking a corporate fine of 18 million SEK ($1.9 million), alleging a failure to meet safety standards.