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Omaha Steve

(99,640 posts) Fri Oct 25, 2013, 06:29 AM Oct 2013

5 people injured in ride mishap at NC State Fair

Source: AP-Excite

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - An accident on a ride at the North Carolina State Fair injured five people.

A preliminary investigation indicates that passengers may have been injured when the "Vortex" ride started up again as they were getting off, about 9:17 p.m. Thursday, fair spokesman Brian Long said.

He said an ambulance was on the scene immediately, and that two of the injuries "appear to be serious; the other three not as serious."

The injured riders ranged in age from 14 to 39, Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison told a news conference. Linda Fowler, clinical administrator for WakeMed in Raleigh, confirmed that five people were admitted to the hospital from the fair, but she did not give out further information.

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Fairgrounds Police secure a barricade around the Vortex after an accident closed the ride just after 9 p.m. on Thursday Oct. 24, 2013 at the N.C. State Fair in Raleigh, N.C. The accident occurred on the ride at the North Carolina State Fair on Thursday night, sending five people to the hospital with unknown injuries. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Robert Willett)

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5 people injured in ride mishap at NC State Fair (Original Post) Omaha Steve Oct 2013 OP

That .. is ..why.. i dont get into those things!! darkangel218 Oct 2013 #1

Safety inspections of fair rides are spotty at the best of times, Kelvin Mace Oct 2013 #2

I know someone who used to work on the rides at a major east coast amusement park underpants Oct 2013 #3

The people in charge of those rides are not generally "Disney Cast Member" caliber. Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #4

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)

1. That .. is ..why.. i dont get into those things!!

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 06:36 AM

Oct 2013

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)

2. Safety inspections of fair rides are spotty at the best of times,

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 05:47 PM

Oct 2013

non-existent the rest of the time.

underpants

(182,809 posts)

3. I know someone who used to work on the rides at a major east coast amusement park

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 08:36 PM

Oct 2013

He said that they were mostly safe but there is a lot of regular maintenance and that he wouldn't ride them. Those are permanent rides ....fair rides are transported from town to town during "the season" and the same people who do this work are the same people selling Christmas trees in mall parking lots --- namely "Carnies"

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

4. The people in charge of those rides are not generally "Disney Cast Member" caliber.