One dead, 21 hurt in rollercoaster accident

One person was killed and 21 others injured when a rollercoaster hit a guard-rail at an amusement park in western Japan today, officials and a media report said.

A woman died in the accident at Expoland in Osaka, according to local police official Kaoru Tanaka. He said it was not immediately clear how seriously hurt the other 21 people were.