Teen dies after falling from Inferno rollercoaster in Benidorm

The 18-year-old, who has not been named, was thrown out of his seat during the Inferno ride at the Terra Mitica theme park when his harness failed yesterday afternoon. The teenager, who was on holiday with his parents and a friend, suffered multiple fractures and head wounds, and died after suffering a heart attack in the ambulance.

 Local councillor Jose Marcet told Spanish paper El Mundo that the young man was British, although this has since been denied by a police spokesman this morning.
‘He is from Iceland and not Britain as some reports have said,’ he revealed.
A witness said the incident was ‘totally shocking’.
‘We heard these loud gasps,’ said Lynn Alexander, from Glasgow.
‘We turned around and saw a group of people shouting ‘drop, drop’ and pointing. Then it became apparent what happened and everyone was in shock.
‘We saw the teenager’s family and they were obviously distraught.’
Mrs Alexander also claimed bosses didn’t even close the park down.
‘My daughter is so shaken up as she could have been in the same seat just five minutes earlier,’ she added to The Mirror.
An investigation has been launched into the incident, which happened at around 4.30pm on Monday.