A six-year-old British boy is recovering in hospital after falling from a theme park ride at Lightwater Valley in North Yorkshire.
Witnesses reported hearing screams and seeing the boy "hanging backwards" from a carriage of the twister roller-coaster, BBC reports.
Park visitors watched as the horror unfolded, the boy subsequently falling from the carriage of the roller-coaster.
The Yorkshire Air Ambulance arrived as families looked on, police and paramedics racing to help the child.
The six-year-old was treated at the scene and then flown to hospital in Leeds.
His condition is not said to be life threatening.
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Today, although the twister was closed, the rest of the park remained open.
The Health and Safety Executive is investigating.
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