A woman was injured in an accident on a slingshot-style ride at a French amusement parkwhen the cable snapped.Two people were inside the ridecapsule during the accident, which took place last week at Luna Parkin Cap dAgde, southern France.The young woman suffered a broken leg, according to The Independent, while UPI reports that the other riderwas bruised.A slingshot ride, also known as a reverse bungee, features a capsule attached to two poles by bungee-style cables. The capsule is launched into the air,with the cables controlling the height and descent.However,in this case, one cord snapped as the capsule was coming down. The capsule then swung to the side and hit one of the poles, knocking out some of the lights that run along its side. Nightmare video: cable snaps on slingshot amusement park ride http://t.co/e0FeAYaKjU pic.twitter.com/I1gh6FgMYn Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) August 13, 2015The person who captured the video wrote on Facebook that the two were trapped inside the capsule for about an hourbefore firefighters came to rescue them, and that the woman was screaming in pain while she waited.The poster also wrote that she is out of the hospital and resting at home. Un lastique casse au mange "5me lment au Cap d'Agde. Les deux passagres ont eu la frayeur de leur vie. pic.twitter.com/VOmRCvhUe2 Tarn Actu (@TarnActu81) August 3, 2015UPI reports that the park blamed a "manufacturing defect" for the accident and is investigating.The attraction is called Cinquime lment, or The Fifth Element, and is listed on a section of the park's website that translates as rides "for the kamikaze." There have been a number of incidents involving slingshot rides in recent years. Earlier this summer, the cord snapped on a similar ride at the Mt. Olympus amusement park in Wisconsin Dellsjust before launch.No one was injured.Also on HuffPost: -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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