Terrifying moment swinging ‘360 Degrees' amusement park ride splits in half in Saudi Arabia
At least three people remain critically injured after the horrific accident took place in Saudi Arabia, The Sun reports.
The ride was in operation and was packed with visitors when it broke in half at the Green Mountain Park in Taif, a popular mountain resort city in western Saudi Arabia.
Just moments before that, an object appeared to fly out of the crashing ride amid screams and terror.
A cracking sound was also heard.
Eyewitnesses said the ride's pole 'recoiled at high speed' before it came crashing down.
The pole also reportedly struck some people standing on the opposite side
Injured riders were given first aid before being rushed to the hospital.
Law enforcement in Saudi Arabia has launched a probe into the horror.
The area around the ride remained cordoned off while authorities continued investigating.
It is understood that operations in the theme park have been temporarily suspended.
It comes just a day after a woman desperately clung to a metal structure while hanging from a 100-foot-tall ferris wheel in Brazil.
Chilling footage shows the woman screaming 'help I'm going to die' as dangled in the air for her life during a local carnival.
The woman can be seen grabbing onto the metal frame of the Ferris wheel cabin and clinging on while suspended high above the ground at Mandirituba.
And the only thing that stopped her from falling through was her grip on the metal bars.
Onlookers were left horrified as the big wheel inched around an entire rotation before carrying the woman to the ground.
Miraculously, the woman was reported to be unharmed.
Despite the terrifying experience, the woman declined medical attention and walked away unscathed.
It comes after a teenage girl was left hanging 60ft in the air after she fell out of the pod of a Ferris wheel.
Footage of the horror moment showed the 13-year-old desperately clinging to the metal structure as onlookers can be heard screaming.
Last year, The Sun reported on the horror moment 28 thrillseekers were left dangling upside-down 100 feet in the air after a ride broke down at the Oaks Amusement Park in Portland.
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