Kingda Ka, once the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, is now a pile of rubble after it was imploded at New Jersey's Six Flags Great Adventure on Friday morning. The implosion happened ahead of schedule at the park in Jackson Township.

It will be an explosive end for a record-setting roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey. His wife, Betsy Arakawa, was also found dead in their New Mexico home. Hackman, 95, and Arakawa, 64, were found deceased in their New Mexico home on Wednesday morning. They were married for 34 years.

Kingda Ka, the world’s tallest and second-fastest roller coaster, is expected to go out with a bang — or rather several of them — on Friday morning, according to authorities. A community alert from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office warned the demolition at Six Flags Great Adventure will take place between 9 a.