{"id":315279,"date":"2026-05-30T09:29:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T09:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/315279\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T09:29:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T09:29:25","slug":"8-rescued-from-texas-roller-coaster-that-malfunctioned-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/315279\/","title":{"rendered":"8 rescued from Texas roller coaster that malfunctioned"},"content":{"rendered":"

8 students on field trip rescued near top of Texas roller coaster that suddenly stopped<\/p>\n

\"KateGALVESTON, Texas \u2014<\/p>\n

Eight people were left stranded on a Texas roller coaster for several hours on Thursday evening after the ride malfunctioned.<\/p>\n

The Iron Shark, one of the tallest rides at Pleasure Pier Park in Galveston, Texas, became stuck near the top of the ride.<\/p>\n

The riders, who were students on a field trip, were left hanging backward for about four hours before they were rescued by the Galveston Fire Department, KTRK reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They were individually placed into safety harnesses to be brought down from the ride. No one was injured, according to reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The park said it would be conducting a thorough inspection.<\/p>\n

“The ride experienced a malfunction during its initial ascent,” according to a statement from the park. “However, as it was designed to do, it stopped immediately to keep everyone safe.”<\/p>\n

The Iron Shark ride features a 100-foot vertical lift and reaches up to 52 mph.<\/p>\n

CNN contributed to this report. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"8 students on field trip rescued near top of Texas roller coaster that suddenly stopped GALVESTON, Texas \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[112954,108579,85316,112947,112950,7216,112939,45119,112952,112943,112955,112746,238,112745,112944,27410,112946,112297,112945,112951,112949,112956,112948,977,27,29,28,112942,73145,16322,112953],"class_list":["post-315279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-52-mph","tag-evening","tag-field-trip","tag-field-trip-students","tag-four-hours","tag-galveston","tag-galveston-fire-department","tag-galveston-texas","tag-initial-ascent","tag-iron-shark","tag-kmnd","tag-malfunction","tag-park","tag-pleasure-pier","tag-pleasure-pier-park","tag-ride","tag-ride-malfunction","tag-rider","tag-roller-coaster-rescue","tag-roller-coaster-stranded","tag-safety-harnesses","tag-several-hour","tag-stuck-ride","tag-student","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-roller-coaster","tag-thursday-evening","tag-top","tag-vertical-lift"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315279","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=315279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}