STOCKHOLM, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Less than a week after a fatal accident at an amusement park in the Swedish capital Stockholm, a roller coaster in the country's second-largest city was shut down on Thursday after a crack was discovered in its foundation.

The fault in the roller coaster at Liseberg amusement park was found during routine maintenance checks, and required welding work, Andreas Andersen, the CEO of Liseberg Group, told Swedish Television (SVT).

"This is ordinary maintenance work, which has nothing to do with Jetline (the derailed rollercoaster in Stockholm)," Andersen told SVT.

On Sunday, a woman was killed and nine other passengers were injured in a roller coaster accident at the Grona Lund amusement park in Stockholm.

Rides made by the same manufacturer in two other amusement parks belonging to the same group were subsequently shut down as a precautionary measure, and Grona Lund will remain closed for at least a week.

The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (SHK) has launched an investigation into the fatal accident while police are undertaking a criminal inquiry.

SHK will also look into similarities with a 1986 accident in Canada involving a roller coaster of the same model, in which three people were killed, the Expressen newspaper reported on Thursday.

In both accidents, wheels came off a cart and fell to the ground, Expressen reported. Enditem

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