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full screen One person died and several were injured in the accident at Gröna Lund. Archive image. Photo: Stefan Jerrevång/TT
The couple was involved in the tragic accident at Gröna Lund a year ago. Karin Elmegard fell seven meters and suffered fractures to both arms and legs. Husband Mikael managed to cling to a steel beam hanging high above the ground.
Now they have ridden the roller coaster again – at Liseberg.
– It is part of the mental recovery. We want to show ourselves that we can do everything we did before, says Karin Elmegard to Expressen.
– It would be a loss if we couldn’t do something like this.
Several people fell from a great height during the serious accident at Gröna Lund. A woman in her 30s died and nine people had to be taken to hospital. Gröna Lund has received criticism from the accident commission after the fatal accident, and the park’s management has decided that the Jetline attraction must be dismantled.
Karin Elmegard has had a long rehabilitation and still longs to one day be able to walk without crutches, she tells Expressen. Before the ride on Liseberg, where they chose the attraction Balder, her doctor had promised that her body is now so recovered that it can handle the wild turns and throws of a roller coaster.
– I thought about it (the accident) all the way, I must admit. It was hard to let it go. But it was good that we did this. It will get better, says Mikael Elmegard to Expressen after the ride.