Ohio roller coaster reopens day after man s death
8/10/2009MASON, Ohio Kings Island amusement park says it has reopened a roller coaster a day after the death of a man who had been riding it.
Park spokesman Don Helbig says state inspectors found the Firehawk was operating properly Sunday. A man who was having trouble breathing after riding the roller coaster died Saturday.
Helbig said ride operators noticed the man was having trouble breathing.
Emergency personnel took the man to a hospital, where he later died.
Helbig said Kings Island had voluntarily closed the ride.
The park s Web site says the Firehawk travels at 51 mph along 3,340 feet of track and has five inversions.