Melbourne Show rollercoaster victim Shayla Rodden targeted by trolls as she ... trends now
Heartless online trolls have launched a savage attack on a young woman who has woken from a medically-induced coma two months after a rollercoaster struck her.
Shylah Rodden, 26, suffered brain damage and serious injuries to her pelvis, arms, legs and back when the Rebel Coaster carriage rollercoaster hit her at the Royal Melbourne Show on September 25.
The ride smashed into her at 70km/h and threw her nine metres into the air as she was apparently trying to retrieve her phone from underneath the tracks.
She was placed in an induced coma until she was revived last week when her condition stabilised and she moved from a high-dependency ward to a regular one.
However, Ms Rodden is still unable to communicate with her family and faces years of rehabilitation.
Online sleuths have coldly blamed Shylah for the tragedy after police claimed she had been hit while trying to retrieve her mobile phone.
But news of her awaking from the coma has been mocked in cruel comments, many of them so brutal that Daily Mail Australia has chosen not to publish them.
The shocking comments were posted on online news reports of Ms Rodden's improving health, which came under fire from other horrified users.
Online trolls have launched a savage attack on Shylah Rodden who has woken from a medically-induced coma two months after she was struck by a rollercoaster.
It's understood Shylah Rodden was hit by the Rebel Coaster carriage, which was travelling 70km/h, while trying to retrieve her phone from underneath the tracks, as apparently caught on video (pictured)
While the hospital has reclassified Shylah's status, her devastated family told Daily Mail Australia they were still seriously concerned about her situation.
'She had suffered a severe traumatic brain injury, so if that's what people think is stable they are wrong,' Shylah's younger sister Caisha Rodden said.
'Just because she's awake doesn't mean she's stable.'
The prospects of her having a normal life again are slim to impossible, and there are fears she may never be able to speak.
On the day she was struck, Ms Rodden had been working at a friend's stall at the show when the pair decided to go on a few rides during their break.
She is believed to have dropped her phone while on the rollercoaster. Investigators believe she walked under the tracks of the high-speed ride to retrieve the device.
A gruesome video clip of the incident appears to show Ms Rodden in the path of the rollercoaster carriage moment before it slams into her.
Online trolls have now pounced on the update on her condition and unleashed fresh torrents of hate on her after first savaging her when the tragic accident happened.
The shocking comments cannot be published for legal
