Giant brawl forced Hersheypark to stop rollercoaster as parents hid under tables: police

Hersheypark visitors shielded their children and hid under tables during a wide-scale fight on opening day in April, police said in court documents released Tuesday.

The rollercoaster Skyrush also had to come to an emergency stop during the April 3 series of fights, Derry Township police wrote in an affidavit of probable cause charging Quaneek Williams, 18, with riot, a felony, and other charges including assault and failing to disperse.

Williams, of Lemoyne, was one of 55 people between 12 and 19 years old charged in connection with the brawl. Fifty-two of the defendants are minors and have not been publicly named…

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