One killed and several injured in Stockholm as rollercoaster derails

One person has been killed and several injured in a rollercoaster accident at an amusement park in Stockholm.

Eyewitnesses told the Swedish public broadcaster SVT that the Jetline ride at the Gröna Lund theme park in the capital had partly derailed on Sunday.

Police said they were investigating. “We are emptying the park and we’ve started our investigation,” a spokesperson said.

Gröna Lund was not immediately available for comment.

The steel-tracked Jetline rollercoaster reaches speeds of up to 90km an hour (56mph) and a height of 30 metres (98 feet), transporting more than a million visitors each year, the amusement park says on its website.