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Cedar Point’s Millennium Force Shut Down After Bracket Lets Loose From Ride

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

2

First seen

Oct 16, 10:11 PM EDT

updated Oct 18, 5:22 PM EDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by WXIX (FOX19) and WLWT 5 (NBC), not yet confirmed.

What Happened

Cedar Point’s Millennium Force was shut down after a bracket let loose from the ride, WXIX reported. The Cedar Point roller coaster has since resumed regular operations following the incident, WLWT 5 reported.

Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 3, Oct 18, 7:06 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 17, 8:44 AM EDT · first source seen

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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How We Decided

Oct 17, 8:52 AM EDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 17, 9:06 PM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.