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A man noticed a massive crack in the support beam of a roller coaster at an amusement park in North Carolina while it was in operation.
Jeremy Wagner alerted officials when he saw the crack on the Fury 325 giga roller coaster that is located inside the Carowinds amusement park, Fox News reported Saturday.
An image shows the huge crack as a roller coaster car, full of people, zooms by on the track:
Amusement park shuts down rollercoaster after social media user discovers crack in the ride https://t.co/DsYbcJCQjs pic.twitter.com/7gRQ2XPP3W
New York Post (@nypost) July 2, 2023
Officials temporarily shut down the ride and a spokesperson for the park said its maintenance team is inspecting the ride:
The park said it inspects rides on a daily basis, but visitors have claimed it took several days after noticing the crack for it to be shut down, according to the Daily Mail.
