Two people plunge to ground after Florida rollercoaster derails

Two people have fallen 10 metres onto a boardwalk below and 10 people were rescued after a rollercoaster derailed in Florida today.

The incident occurred after a car was left dangling at an amusement park's Daytona Beach Boardwalk area, Fox 35 Orlando reports.

Firefighters were "working as fast as they can" to rescue two people trapped inside a "dangling rollercoaster car" on the Sand Blaster.

Several others were trapped in two other cars.

A total of 10 people were extricated from the ride, six of who were transported to a hospital, with two of the patients on trauma alert, the department said on their Twitter page.