Roller-coaster crash

Eleven young people were injured, one of them seriously, when two roller-coaster wagon sets crashed at at Ahus amusement park in southern Sweden, Reuter reports from Ahus.

The accident occurred when staff halted two wagon sets on adjacent summits of the roller-coaster for a safety check. Police said a youth, impatient at the delay, released the brakes. One of the wagon sets rolled forward, the other slipped back and the two collided at high speed in the valley below.