Woman falls to death from amusement park ride

A woman fell 18m to her death yesterday from an upside-down amusement park ride in Tennessee, police said.

June Alexander, 51, died from injuries suffered after she fell from The Hawk at Rockin' Raceway at Pigeon Forge.

The ride is shaped like a ship and rocks back and forth, going higher each time. It eventually turns upside-down.

Alexander fell when the ride turned upside-down, the police said, but they had no explanation for her fall.