Young girl dies on mine drop ride at Colorado amusement park

The Haunted Mine Drop (Chelsea Self/Glenwood Springs Post Independent via AP, File)

An investigation is under way after a six-year-old girl on holiday with her family died at an amusement park in the western Colorado town of Glenwood Springs.

Few details have been released, but Suzanne Emery with the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park says “an incident” occurred on Sunday evening on the Haunted Mine Drop ride that caused the death.