Carnival ride accident: Five badly injured after falling from ride in North Carolina - TomoNews

Five people were injured on Thursday night when they were flung from a moving ride at the North Carolina state fair in Raleigh. It was about 9.20 p.m. and people were eager to get in a last spin on the Vortex before closing time. Witnesses said that just as people we getting of, the ride restarted without warning sending people tumbling back to Earth from as high at 30 feet. One man said he heard bang as people fell and then spun around to see the rider operator fall to his knees and cry. All of the five injured were aged 14 to 39. State Fair spokesman Brian Long said the state labor department would conduct an investigation as would the sheriff’s office.