The Jackson Township, New Jersey theme park imploded Kingda Ka, the world’s tallest rollercoaster, on Friday morning just before 7 a.m.

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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.

Kingda Ka, once the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, will go out with a bang this week. The gigantic ride located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson will be imploded Friday morning between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., according to a Facebook post by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office.

The implosion of Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey marked the end of an era for one of the most popular roller coasters in the U.S.

Once the world’s tallest rollercoaster, the Kingda Ka’s 20-year reign is finally over after it was blown up in a controlled implosion. With a height of 456ft and a drop of 418ft, the rollercoaster remained undefeated from the day it opened in 2005 to the end of its era last year.