A curler coaster at an amusement park in Charlotte, N.C., was shut down on Friday after a customer noticed a big crack in one of many experience’s pillars.

The Carowinds amusement park mentioned that it closed the coaster, known as Fury 325, “after park personnel became aware of a crack at the top of a steel support pillar.”

The experience will stay closed as crews make repairs, Courtney McGarry Weber, a park spokeswoman, mentioned.

Jeremy Wagner, who was visiting the park along with his daughter, son, niece and his son’s pal on Friday, recorded video of the crack.

Footage he recorded exhibits the pillar separating briefly on the crack, as a coaster automotive zips by on the monitor.

“I was trying to shoot the video, and my hands were shaking because I knew how quick this could be catastrophic,” Mr. Wagner mentioned.

Mr. Wagner, who had simply purchased his youngsters season passes for the park, mentioned he recorded the injury from the car parking zone. His 14-year-old daughter had been on the experience eight occasions on Friday, he mentioned.

At 325 ft tall, Fury 325 is one among Carowinds’ essential points of interest.

It can carry dozens of riders and ship them barreling at speeds of as much as 95 miles per hour throughout its greater than 3-minute experience, according to the park’s website.

Carowinds payments the experience, which opened to the general public in March 2015, because the “longest giga coaster in North America.” Roller coasters with drops of 300 feet to 399 feet are known as giga coasters.

Mr. Wagner mentioned that he turned over his footage to park officers earlier than he left on Friday however that he didn’t study of the experience’s closure till after he received residence.

“I’m thankful they did that,” he mentioned. “Even though that’s their No. 1 attraction at the park.”

The remainder of the Carowinds, which is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, remained open on Saturday and Sunday, based on the park’s web site.