Riders get stuck on roller coaster at Cedar Point amusement park

SANDUSKY, Ohio -- Some people got stuck on a roller coaster for over an hour at Ohio's Cedar Point amusement park due to a power outage on Monday.

Millennium Force, one of the park's tallest roller coasters towers at over 308 feet.

A spokesman for Cedar Point, in Sandusky, said the park lost power Monday afternoon when a car hit a utility pole.

Crews worked to restore power to a portion of the park to get riders back down to safety.


(The Associated Press contributed to this story)

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