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Lightwater Valley theme park: Boy airlifted to hospital Lightwater Valley theme park: Boy, 6, airlifted to hospital
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A boy has been airlifted to hospital after an incident at a theme park in North Yorkshire. A six-year-old boy has been airlifted to hospital after an incident at a theme park in North Yorkshire.
Eyewitnesses have suggested the boy fell from a ride at Lightwater Valley. His condition is not known. Witnesses said the boy fell from the Twister rollercoaster at Lightwater Valley, near Ripon.
Yorkshire Air Ambulance confirmed the boy was transported to Leeds General Infirmary from the site near Ripon. The child was taken to Leeds General Infirmary. Police said his condition was not believed to be life-threatening.
North Yorkshire Police said it had been called to reports of a "medical incident" at 11:30 BST. North Yorkshire Police said it was called to reports of a "medical incident" at 11:30 BST.
Officers remain at the scene, the force said. Officers remain at the scene.
Lightwater Valley has said it is not commenting at present.Lightwater Valley has said it is not commenting at present.
The Health and Safety Executive said it was "aware of the incident" and is making initial inquiries. Lara-Susan James, who was in the queue for the Twister ride, said: "We could hear a girl screaming and I mean screaming.
In June 2001, twenty-year-old Gemma Savage died after two cars collided on a ride at the park. "I thought she was just scared of being on the ride, but she was hysterical.
According to the theme park's website, Lightwater Valley started life as a pig farm located approximately 5 miles from the North Yorkshire city of Ripon. "They were part of a bigger party of people visiting the park, and they were on the ground just ahead of us.
"They started shouting to the operator to stop the ride. It was at that moment I realised something was wrong.
"I saw the operator apply the emergency stop and my husband pointed to the fallen kid on the ground saying they had fallen out."
The Health and Safety Executive said it was "aware of the incident" and was making initial inquiries.
In June 2001, 20-year-old Gemma Savage died after two cars collided on the Treetop Twister ride at the park.
According to the theme park's website, Lightwater Valley started life as a pig farm located approximately five miles from the North Yorkshire city of Ripon.
The park as it is known today was born after the purchase and creation of the Rat Rollercoaster in 1987, which at the time became the world's first and only subterranean rollercoaster.The park as it is known today was born after the purchase and creation of the Rat Rollercoaster in 1987, which at the time became the world's first and only subterranean rollercoaster.