Passengers stranded on Kumali roller-coaster at Flamingo Land, Malton during thunderstorm

Passengers stranded on Kumali roller-coaster at Flamingo Land, Malton during thunderstorm

THRILL-SEEKERS got more than they bargained for when lightning struck at a North Yorkshire theme park.

Twenty passengers had just set off on the Kumali roller-coaster at Flamingo Land, near Malton, when the park was hit by a power cut during a thunderstorm shortly after 11.30am yesterday.

The drenched passengers were trapped on the ride for about 45 minutes while a diesel generator was used to move the roller-coaster very slowly round the circuit and back to the platform....

http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/4475258.Thr..._Flamingo_Land/

Huh? How could a diesel generator be used to move the roller-coaster very slowly around the circuit? One it passed the lift hill, why would it not normally proceed? Something here doesn't make sense, and it probably has to do with the all too often seen media misreporting of an incident. Yep, it does. The SAME article, later:

...We used a diesel generator to lift the ride up to the top of the incline and then once it got to the top, its own momentum took it back down."...

Do these writers not even read their own writing? Does no one edit anymore?

Sigh.