Yahoo Finance Rollercoaster Derails: Children Among 10 Hurt
Ten people have been injured after a rollercoaster derailed at M&D's amusement park in Motherwell, Scotland.
Police said eight children and two adults were in hospital after the accident on the Tsunami ride at Strathclyde Country Park.
Witness James Millerick told Sky News: "You heard shrieks from other customers at the theme park.
"When we got there the rollercoaster had come off the track entirely. (It) was upside down on the concrete path."
A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said six ambulance crews and a specialist operation team were at the scene.
A statement from the theme park said the venue has been closed until further notice.
It said: "As a family-run business, our thoughts are with those who have been injured and their families. We wish everyone a full recovery.
"We are co-operating fully with Police Scotland and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on their joint investigation to ascertain the cause of the accident."
Katie Burns said she had just finished riding the rollercoaster and was walking past when the carriage crashed with children on board.
On Facebook, she wrote: "Literally got off the Tsunami at M&D's and then walking past and the next lot of people get on and the full thing goes off the tracks.
"Honestly never been so scared in my life, with this weather they should not be on.
"Kids and adults are still on it upside down, it's like something out a horror film, children crying and everything.
"Literally can't believe this, my heart goes out to everyone on it, a full load came off the track but and on the pavement, like a horror film worse thing ever heard and seen, can't get over this."
The Tsunami ride is described on the theme park's website as "Scotland's only inverted rollercoaster".
The accident is not the first at the M&D's theme park.
Nine people had to be rescued from the Tsunami rollercoaster in July 2011 after it suffered a mechanical failure.
And in March this year, eight people had to be rescued from the Tornado rollercoaster when it became stuck 20 feet off the ground.
