Teenage girls rescued from stuck roller coaster at amusement park

TY: THAT BREAKING NEWS AT SCANDIA FUN CENTER IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY WHERE A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION TURNED INTO A RESCUE OPERATION AFTER A ROLLER COASTER GOT STUCK HIGH UP IN THE AIR. ANDREA: KCRA THREE’S MELANIE WINGO JOINS US LIVE. MELANIE, NOT THE PLACE YOU WANT TO GET STUCK. WHAT HAPPENED? MELANIE: EVERYONE IS SAFE AND ON SOLID GROUND TONIGHT, BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW NERVE-WRACKING IT MUST HAVE BEEN FOR THOSE TEENAGERS TO BE STUCK WAY UP HIGH ON THE TRACKS OF THIS ROLLER COASTER BEHIND ME. AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT COASTER CAR IS STILL STUCK ON ITS TRACKS UP THERE. WE DO WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO FROM A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THIS EVENING. YOU CAN SEE SACRAMENTO METRO FIRE IN ACTION, RESCUING THE GIRLS FROM THE TOP OF THE ROLLER COASTER. FIRE CREWS SAY IT’S ABOUT 65 FEET UP, AND FOR SOME REASON, THE COASTER CAME TO A DEAD STANDSTILL ON THE TRACKS. AND THAT’S WHE RESCUE CREWS GOT CALLED OUT TO HELP. ONE-BY-ONE, THE TEENAGERS WERE PULLED TO SAFETY. VERY SLOWLY, VERY CAREFULLY, THEY MADE IT DOWN WITH FIRE CREWS’ HELP. IF YOU’RE WONDERING WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE THAT HIGH UP WITH NOWHERE TO GO, NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO, THIS IS THAT VANTAGE POINT. ONE OF THE GIRLS CAPTURED THIS VIDEO ON HER CELL PHONE. IT SHOWS WHAT SHE WAS SEEING FROM ABOVE AND ALSO THE MOMENTS FIRE CREWS CAME TO RESCUE THE GIRLS. ALL OF THEM GRATEFUL TO BE OFF THE RIDE. >> I HEART JUST STARTED BEATING AND WE WERE STUCK UP THERE. I ANXIETY WENT UP. LIKE I SAID, I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT. IT WAS A BAD EXPERIENCE. DON’T GO ON THAT RIDE. >> WILL YOU COME BACK? >> NO, I WOULDN’T. THEY GAVE ME A FREE SLUSHY. >> WE GOT STUCK AT THE TOP AND IT WAS REALLY COLD. >> THEY WERE GLAD TO BE SAFE. NO INJURIES REPORTED AND THEY WILL GO HOME AND SLEEP IN THEIR BEDS TONIGHT, SO THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL RESCUE. THIS IS WHAT OUR HEAVY RESCUE FOLKS AND LETTER TRUCK PERSONNEL TRAINED FOR. >> NO ONE WAS HURT, GLAD TO REPORT THAT. ALSO NO WORD YET ON WHAT CAUSED , THE COASTER TO STOP IN ITS TRACKS. SACRAMENTO METRO FIRE SAID IT MAY HAVE BEEN SOME SORT OF MECHANICAL FAILURE. WE WILL TRY TO SEE EXACTLY FROM THE FUND CENTERS PERSPECTIVE WHAT HAPPENED OUT HERE. A LOT OF IT RELIEVED GIRLS AND PARENTS AS WELL TONIGHT. REPORTING LIVE, MELANIE

WATCH: 4 teenage girls rescued from stuck roller coaster at California amusement park

Updated: 3:37 AM EST Nov 22, 2022

Four teenage girls were rescued Monday evening after they were stuck on a roller coaster, fire officials in California said.The four were riding the coaster at the Scandia Fun Center when it stopped moving about 65 feet in the air, the fire department said. Nobody was injured.Video shows fire crews using an aerial ladder truck to rescue the girls. The teens were celebrating a 14th birthday party.It is unknown what caused the coaster to stop moving.No other details were released. Watch the video above for the full story.

Four teenage girls were rescued Monday evening after they were stuck on a roller coaster, fire officials in California said.

The four were riding the coaster at the Scandia Fun Center when it stopped moving about 65 feet in the air, the fire department said. Nobody was injured.

Video shows fire crews using an aerial ladder truck to rescue the girls. The teens were celebrating a 14th birthday party.

It is unknown what caused the coaster to stop moving.

No other details were released.

Watch the video above for the full story.