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It’s the third amusement park accident this week involving a young child, and just as hard to believe as the previous two.

A three-year-old boy was riding the Rollo Coaster at Idlewild and Soakzone Amusement Park outside of Pittsburgh when he fell off.

The ride uses safety bars instead of seatbelts, so it’s believed he was ejected from the the ride – built in 1938 – on its last turn, according to CBS News.

Though the boy was talking when paramedics took him to a local hospital, an update on his condition has not been released.

Police told CBS that he was on the ride with his older brother, 10.

The ride does have a height requirement of 36 inches, according to CNN, and any riders under 48 inches must be accompanied by an adult.

Media reports indicate that the wooden ride ascends to 40 feet at its peak, and can go up to speeds of 25 miles per hour. 

Police say that the young boy was ejected from his car "on the last turn," and thrown onto tracks near a fence below.

"The boy was conscious while being treated on site and airlifted to a local hospital," a park spokesperson told reporters, declining to elaborate.

The ride was shut down immediately following the accident, but did pass inspection as recently as August 6, according to People.

Officials caution that the investigation into the event is ongoing, though that is unlikely to suffice for parents searching for answers and asking:

How do these things keep happening?

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To say that it has been a traumatic week for families whose children were victims of amusement park tragedies would be an understatement.

On Sunday, the most tragic, horrific event took place.

That’s when 10-year-old Caleb Schwartz was decapitated after flying off of his raft at a Kansas water park in a story that made national news.

One day later, three girls fell out of a ferris wheel (above) that had flipped over mid-air at the Greeneville County Fair in Tennessee.

A witness recalled seeing the six-year-old (who was with a 10- and 16-year-old as well) fall "right beside" him.

"The other two came right behind her," he said.

The six-year-old remains in critical condition with brain injuries; we hope she and this latest roller coaster accident victim recover fully and quickly.

Here’s the latest on the Pennsylvania child: