Greater than a dozen individuals had been injured when a four-car tram crashed at Common Studios Hollywood on Saturday night time, authorities mentioned.
The final automotive of the tram struck a rail when it was touring down a hill of a parking construction, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Maria Abal mentioned.
“There was some sort of concern with the brakes,” Abal mentioned. “We don’t precisely know what but.”
The Los Angeles County Fireplace Division acquired a name at 9:04 p.m. and responded to the scene.
A complete of 14 individuals had been injured, together with one who had average accidents, in line with Fredrick Fielding, a public data officer for the county Fireplace Division.
A minimum of 4 passengers had been transported to the hospital with accidents that didn’t look like life-threatening, Abal mentioned.
In an announcement late Saturday, the theme park confirmed that an incident came about “that resulted in a number of minor accidents.”
“We’re working to help our friends and perceive the circumstances that led to the accident,” Common Studios Hollywood mentioned in an announcement to The Occasions.
The park’s tram can maintain greater than 100 individuals, Abal mentioned, but it surely was unclear what number of had been on board on the time of the incident.
The crash will probably be investigated by the California Freeway Patrol.
The Common Studios tram tour, known as the World-Well-known Studio Tour, is a signature attraction on the theme park. The park is celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the journey starting subsequent week.
The tour goes behind the scenes of film units, from “Jaws” to Jordan Peele’s “Nope,” and affords a glance into the final 50 years of Common movies.
