Man, 73, rides Ohio roller coaster for 12,000th time

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

MASON, Ohio -- A 73-year-old man has taken his 12,000th ride on his favorite roller coaster at King's Island amusement park in Ohio. The park says Gary Coleman of Monfort Heights, Ohio, took the milestone ride in the front row of the Diamondback roller coaster on Monday. The retired minister has made 493 trips to the theme park outside Cincinnati since 2009, when the 230-foot steel roller coaster opened. It's the tallest and fastest roller coaster there and reaches speeds of 80 mph.

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