A 49-year-old visitor to Parque Warner Madrid was airlifted to hospital on Saturday after sustaining fractures to both legs while riding the Batman Gotham City Escape roller coaster. The incident caused panic among other parkgoers, with witnesses describing people crying and suffering anxiety attacks, and it has prompted the closure of the ride pending a review of what went wrong.

The man reportedly suffered an open fracture to his left leg and a closed fracture to his right, according to emergency officials cited by Europa Press. The ride, which opened in 2023 as Spain's first multi-launch roller coaster, features three high-speed launches and four inversions. Park staff halted the coaster immediately and activated emergency procedures, with medics treating the visitor on site before he was flown to a nearby hospital; the ride will remain shut while management investigates the incident with the authorities.