Crowd catches teenage girl who falls 25 feet from a theme park gondola ride

This is the moment a teenager fell around 25 feet from a gondola ride in upstate New York.

The 14-year-old girl managed to slip under the safety bars of the ride, where she was left hanging for more than 3 minutes before being caught by a crowd who gathered below her. 

She was taken to hospital in a stable condition and had no serious injuries, but did hit tree branches on the fall down.

Officials at the Six Flags Amusement Park - where the incident happened - said that there did not appear to be "any malfunction of the ride". It was shut as a precaution.

It is currently unclear how she managed to slip under the safety bars.

Produced by David Ibekwe

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