{"id":313233,"date":"2026-05-29T01:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T01:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/313233\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T01:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T01:09:10","slug":"galveston-texas-roller-coaster-stopped-rescue-underway-as-riders-stranded-upside-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/313233\/","title":{"rendered":"Galveston, Texas roller coaster stopped, rescue underway as riders stranded upside down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KTRK logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-ktrk.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Friday, May 29, 2026 12:49AM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"ABC13 Houston 24\/7 Live Stream\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">GALVESTON, Texas &#8212; Crews are rescuing riders stuck on Pleasure Pier&#8217;s Iron Shark roller coaster in Galveston, Texas on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SkyEye13 showed riders being rescued from a stopped roller coaster at Galveston's Pleasure Pier on Thursday afternoon.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/19189659_052826-ktrk-skyeye-TN-galveston-ride-stuck-img.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>SkyEye13 showed riders being rescued from a stopped roller coaster at Galveston&#8217;s Pleasure Pier on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Initial images showed seven people still on the ride as a crane with rescue crews removed riders from the train car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Eyewitness News reviewed video from our live camera in Galveston and found that the ride stopped at 5:21 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The roller coaster on the pier, Iron Shark, is the tallest and has a 100-foot vertical lift hill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">SkyEye13 showed that the amusement park was closed during the rescue operation. Galveston Fire Department&#8217;s Tower 1 engine occupied space on the pier to allow first responders to conduct the rescue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Eyewitness News has reached out to Pleasure Pier and Galveston authorities for more information and is awaiting a response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">This is a developing story. Eyewitness News is continuing to gather facts.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friday, May 29, 2026 12:49AM GALVESTON, Texas &#8212; Crews are rescuing riders stuck on Pleasure Pier&#8217;s Iron Shark&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[112752,9906,254,9907,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-313233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-112752","tag-abc13-live-stream","tag-breaking-news","tag-streaming-updates-from-houston-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}