(RNN) – Firefighters were called to rescue riders on a roller coaster that derailed in Daytona Beach, FL, on Thursday.
In pictures posted to the Daytona Beach Fire Department’s official Twitter account, one car could be seen completely dangling off the track.
The fire department tweeted after 9 p.m. that they were still trying to rescue the two riders in that car.
Two riders were injured when they were ejected from their car entirely and fell to the ground. They were however “alert and not seriously injured” the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported. WOFL reported they fell 25 feet from the ride.
The coaster which derailed is the Sand Blaster, a three-car, sit-down ride that operates on a winding steel track.
It opened in August 2013 at the Daytona Beach Boardwalk.
DB Firefighters working as fast as they can to rescue 2 riders that are in a dangling rollercoaster car pic.twitter.com/v0UrChJdHC
— DaytonaBeachFireDept (@DaytonaBeachFD) June 15, 2018
#DBFD Removing riders from rollercoaster pic.twitter.com/ilFDDeikra
— DaytonaBeachFireDept (@DaytonaBeachFD) June 15, 2018
Daytona Beach Firefighters in the process of rescuing riders from rollercoaster accident at Boardwalk pic.twitter.com/vm1GctCGhq
— DaytonaBeachFireDept (@DaytonaBeachFD) June 15, 2018
#DBFD on scene at the Boardwalk in Daytona Beach rescuing riders from a roller coaster car that derailed and are hanging pic.twitter.com/BFDRa8hFiI
— DaytonaBeachFireDept (@DaytonaBeachFD) June 15, 2018
