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Shocking video captures girl falling from Six Flags ride

Girl falls off park ride
Girl's fall from Six Flags ride caught on video 00:45

A girl fell off a ride at Six Flags in upstate New York on Saturday night, the park confirmed. A witness captured the shocking moments on video. 

Witness Loren Lent, who took the video, told CBS affiliate WRGB people scrambled to get beneath the girl on the Sky Ride, with one park guest climbing a tree to move branches out of the way before she dropped into their waiting arms. 

 In a statement to CBS News, Six Flags Great Escape confirmed a girl fell off the ride and said she was transported to a local hospital.

Six Flags Great Escape said they had closed the attraction pending a "thorough review." 

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