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Woman killed, 19 riders hurt in Osaka roller coaster accident
OSAKA (Kyodo) A woman died and 19 other passengers were injured, one seriously, in a roller coaster accident Saturday at an amusement park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, police and firefighters said.

Police examine the Fujin Raijin II roller coaster at Expoland in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, after a rider was killed and 19 others were injured in an accident Saturday. The second car is the one tipped over resting on the guardrail.

The six-car Fujin Raijin II roller coaster at Expoland, on which passengers stand through the course of the ride, derailed and hit a guardrail around 12:50 p.m. after a wheel axle on one of the cars broke, the park operator said.

The coaster, which can travel up to 75 kph, was in the last half of the 1,050-meter-long course when the accident occurred.

The attraction is about 40 meters high and the ride can carry 24 people. It was carrying 20 passengers at the time of the accident.

Yoshino Kogawara, a 19-year-old company worker from Higashi Omi, Shiga Prefecture, died after her head struck the guardrail. Her friend, Sayuri Furukawa, 20, sustained serious injuries.

Saburo Yamada, president of the operator of Expoland, said he was "at a loss as to what to say to apologize" for "causing such an accident on Children's Day."

（Japan Times OnLineより抜粋）

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