VALENCIA : 7 Suffer Minor Injuries on Roller Coaster Ride

Seven people were treated for minor injuries after a weekend accident at Six Flags Magic Mountain in which a slow moving roller coaster train banged into another in the loading station, a spokeswoman for the Valencia park said this week.

The Colossus roller coaster ride was shut down temporarily after the incident at 11 a.m. Sunday while a minor brake adjustment was made and safety tests were conducted, spokeswoman Eileen Harrell said. The ride was back in operation by early Sunday afternoon, she said.

Harrell said the Colossus, a 15-year-old roller coaster with tracks built on a wood framework, has numerous brake systems that slow it and stop it at various points on the tracks. As a train carrying 24 passengers was pulling into the loading station at the end of a ride Sunday, the final brake did not bring it to a complete stop, Harrell said. It hit another train with 24 other passengers waiting to start their ride.