No One Hurt In Playland Kiddie Ride Mishap

RYE, NY — A mishap with a popular children's ride at Playland did not result in any injuries, according to the amusement park.

The "Playland Express" train jumped the track just after 4 p.m. on Thursday in the Kiddyland section of the amusement park. The rear train car came off the tracks and hit a wooden pillar near the ride's entrance, according to reports.

This story was corrected to remove a reference to inaccurate initial media reports that two employees suffered minor injuries as a result of the incident.

No children were hurt in the mishap.

Thursday's trouble was the second reported ride malfunction in as many weeks. Cell phone footage of a ride at Playland went viral after the popular "Music Express" ride seemingly malfunctioned, leaving people briefly stuck on the spinning amusement park attraction, in a video posted on TikTok.

"Playland takes incidents like this very seriously and have established safety protocols that went into effect during the electrical issue that impacted the Music Express ride on Sunday evening," a Playland spokesperson told Patch at the time. "Our operators appropriately followed those protocols which led to our maintenance team ultimately shutting down power to the ride. Playland always has EMS on site when the park is open, and EMS responded, evaluated all guests, and determined that there were no injuries. While we work with the manufacturer to fully diagnose the problem the ride will remain closed."

The ride is billed as "a journey through Kiddyland on the Playland Express ... experience a ride on a miniature train operated by a real engineer." The earliest version of the ride opened at the seaside park in 1933.