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At least five people were injured on the El Toro ride at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey.
Several parkgoers complained of back pain after riding the roller coaster around 7:30 p.m. and five of them were taken to a local hospital.
The Jackson Township Police Department said the injuries were mostly minor and no officers responded to the scene.
A woman who said she was on the El Toro Thursday night wrote on Facebook that “it felt like [the roller coaster] hit a pothole” after the third drop.
The parkgoer said in the Facebook post that she thought she may have chipped a tooth from the rough ride.
The roller coaster was closed for the remainder of the evening.
El Toro is one of the fastest and tallest wooden roller coasters in the world, reaching speeds of 70 miles per hour with an initial drop of 176 feet.