The Ultimate at Lightwater Valley theme park in North Yorkshire where the deer was killed (Picture: Lightwater Valley theme park)

People enjoying a fun day out saw their smiles turned upside-down recently after a rollercoaster they were riding hit a deer, decapitating it and covering the riders with blood.

The young deer got in the path of the theme park ride at Lightwater Valley in Ripon, North Yorkshire before it met it’s grizzly end.

Passengers on The Ultimate rollercoaster could only watch in horror as the deer was killed instantly on Saturday.

A spokeswoman for Lightwater Valley said: ‘There is a large perimeter fence surrounding the theme park but occasionally wild animals do manage to stray onto the park during the night.




‘After the incident, The Ultimate was closed for 30 minutes whilst the ride was thoroughly checked and then normal operation resumed.’

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The rollercoaster, which travels at 82kmh hour has claimed the life of a deer before, after a deer strayed onto the track and was hit in 1994, sending one young boy who was riding the rollercoaster to hospital.

The deer (not pictured) was killed instantly (Picture: bobloblaw)