The heart-stopping moment a fairground ride car ‘smashed about before coming off the track’ at a festival in Edinburgh was captured in footage – children on the ride were ‘shaken’
The grim moment a fairground ride went “flying” with children inside was caught in terrifying footage. The waltzers ride at the Galactic Carnival Festival in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh, left children “shaken up” after it suddenly appeared to malfunction.
Dad Kevin McNulty said he was in the car on the ride behind his three children aged 13, 12 and 7 when it it suddenly “came completely off” and went “flying” into the seat he was in. The incident occurred at around 7pm last night.
It was like “something you see in the movies”, Kevin told Edinburgh Live. He said his children were shaken but “not too bad” considering what happened.
Kevin said: “Last night we were at these shows at Westerhailes Plaza, my three kids were on the Waltzers with myself and Brooke in car behind. Then the unthinkable happened. Going FULL PELT (not slowing down) their car came completely off and then went flying into our car.
“It then smashed about the place crashing into the side off the track, thankfully there was a heavy large speaker that they collided with or they would have been through the whole thing and then the ending would have been a completely different story (a thought I can’t stop thinking about).
“The shows continued to go (not the Waltzers) but place should have been shut down for a full inspection. It was like something you see in the movies and my kids are very very lucky that they managed to get out of this still walking.”
It comes after an incident in india in March left two students injured when a funfair ride malfunctioned in mid-air. The horror moment at the MGM Amusement Park in Chennai saw a swinging boat ride career several feet into the air when a large metal rod suddenly detached and landed on the two riders.
The college students were on a trip to the park when disaster struck. The second victim student was also injured but was later described as being in stable condition. After the accident, Kanathur police registered a case against the amusement park, while three staff members linked to the ride’s operation were arrested.
Safety inspections on all the other rides at the park were carried out, authorities said, while the boat swing ride was shut down.
A similar incident in India in December last year left a 13-year-old girl dangling 60 feet in the area after she fell out of a Ferris wheel pod. She continued to hold one of the bars tightly while dangling from the rotating structure. Once the ride reached its lowest point, a worker was able to walk over to the girl and help her off.