A 10-year-old girl who passed out Friday while riding a roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, died Saturday.
The girl, identified by ABC Los Angeles as Jasmine Martinez, lost consciousness while riding Revolution, a coaster that reaches speeds up to 55 mph and features a 90-foot tall vertical loop. She was said to be breathing but unconscious when she was airlifted to an area hospital, and an autopsy will determine her cause of death.
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