Mum shares terrifying moment theme park ride ‘shot backwards’ after 50ft malfunction

Wipeout riders were trapped for over two hours (Picture: SuffolkFRS) A mum has shared the horrific experience of being stuck 50ft in the air for over two hours after a rollercoaster malfunctioned. Stacey Stewart, 31, had been at Pleasurewood Hills in Lowestoft, Suffolk, with her daughters Poppy, eight, and Marnie, seven, for the bank holiday Monday. They had been among the nearly 30 riders who were trapped on the Wipeout ride for almost two hours. Thankfully, they weren’t upside down. Stacey called the experience ‘horrendous’ and ‘really scary’, with her partner Joseph Bowman and their two youngest daughters, 10-month-old Raya and three-year-old Isla, watching on helplessly. ‘They had to manually release the ride, allowing us to shoot backwards,’ she told the Daily Mail. ‘The girls are now