The Associated Press
from USA Today

NEW YORK (AP) - An accident involving a gyrating ride at an amusement park north of New York City left a young woman dead Friday night, police said.

The woman was killed while riding the Mind Scrambler ride at around 9:30 p.m. at Playland Amusement Park in Rye, said Westchester County Police spokesman Kieran O’Leary. The indoor ride has cars that travel in a circular path while also rotating themselves.

Emergency workers responded quickly, but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene, O’Leary said. He said the woman was about 20 years old.

Police were still investigating early Saturday, and no details about the circumstances of the accident were available. The woman’s name was not released because her family had not been notified, and it was not known whether she was riding the Mind Scrambler alone or with friends, O’Leary said.

The ride and a surrounding section of the amusement park were closed after the accident, but the rest of the park remained open, O’Leary said.

The park is located on Long Island Sound about 20 miles north of the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan.