Boy Hurt in Accident on Wooden Roller Coaster, Hospitalized

The entrance to Idlewild and SoakZone amusement park, in Lingonier, Pa., where a boy fell from a wooden roller coaster and is hospitalized. A spokesman for Idlewild and SoakZone amusement park says the boy was on the ride with his brother Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, when he fell. His age wasn't released. A Westmoreland County emergency dispatcher says the boy was conscious and airlifted to a hospital. Darrell Sapp/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP

“I had to literally hold him down. There was no belt to hold him in,” she said. “He even asked why there wasn’t a belt.”

The Rollo Coaster takes riders up, down and around a wooded hillside. It doesn’t require seat belts. It passed an inspection Saturday but will stay closed until an investigation ends, AP reported.

The park, in a statement, said the Rollo Coaster “is closed while we conduct a full investigation of the incident,” but added that the park will remain open.

This comes less than a week after a boy was decapitated while riding a waterslide at a Kansas water park.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.