An Arizona man made a split-second decision on a roller coaster that he said may have saved his life. The man, who did not want his name used, jumped from a moving roller coaster seat just before the cars went down a large drop. The man was riding the double loop coaster called the Desert Storm at Castles N’ Coasters park near Phoenix on Nov. 24.

Hair-raising video captured the moment an Arizona man climbed out of a moving roller coaster after his seat’s safety bar became unlatched near the ride’s peak — a split-second decision that he says saved his life.

PHOENIX — An Arizona man said he climbed out of a moving roller coaster after the safety bar became unlatched. The man asked 12News not to identify him, but shared cell phone video capturing the incident. The man said he was celebrating his niece's birthday at Castles N' Coasters in Phoenix last Sunday when the terrifying incident happened.

An amusement park guest said he experienced a terrifying mishap on a ride at Castles N’ Coasters in Phoenix on Sunday.