17-year-old injured after falling from swing ride at Six Flags-owned Canada's Wonderland park

A 17-year-old girl was injured and taken to the hospital after falling from a swing ride at the Six Flags-owned Canada's Wonderland amusement park north of Toronto, Ontario, a park official confirms to Entertainment Weekly.

"On Thursday, July 11, at approximately 2:35 p.m, ride operators on the Swing of the Century reported a guest injury. Park medical staff and EMS responded, and the guest was taken to hospital," Grace Peacock, the park's communications director, tells EW in an email. "An incident investigation is underway and the Technical Standards and Safety Authority has cleared the ride to re-open. The safety of our guests and associates is our top priority."

Peacock adds that "the ride is open" at the park as of Friday.

When reached for comment, Constable James Dickson of the York Regional Police further tells EW that local officers responded to calls for assistant at around 2:42 p.m. but "there was nothing considered criminal in this incident."

Officers remained on the scene to assist paramedics. A representative for the York Region Paramedic Services tells EW that they received a request for response at 2:39 p.m. local time, and paramedics transported the injured person to a trauma center shortly after arrival.

EW has reached out to representatives for the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) for comment.

The Swing of the Century ride first opened at Canada's Wonderland — the largest amusement park in Canada, which was previously owned by Paramount and included rides themed to Tomb Raider, Top Gun, and The Italian Job — in 1981. It is a standard Wave Swinger model from German company Zierer, with multiple iterations of the chain-and-swing-style attraction operating at parks around the world, including many in the United States.

According to Zierer's website, the ride operates two different models: a 40-seat version and a 56-seat version, both of which rotate riders — hanging from seats attached to chains — in a circular motion, and reach heights of almost 42 feet. It is unclear how far the teen fell from the ride at Canada's Wonderland.

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The incident marks the latest in a number of amusement park-related incidents in recent months, including a June instance on a rapids ride at Six Flags Over Texas that saw riders leap into the water after several boats became stuck. A man was killed in June after being struck by a moving roller coaster train at Kings Island in Ohio after he entered a restricted area.

Though previously operated by different companies, Canada's Wonderland, Kings Island, and Six Flags Over Texas are now all owned by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, which was founded earlier this month after Six Flags merged with Cedar Fair to create a supergroup of properties stretching across Mexico, the U.S., and Canada.