KITAKYUSHU (Kyodo) Thirteen visitors were injured Monday when the roller coaster they were riding at an amusement park in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, stopped abruptly, local police said. Read more . . . ...full story at Japan Times
from Japan Times on Tue, Jan 01 2008
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