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Ferris wheel ride goes awry; girl lightly hurt

Five-year-old sustains light head injury after ferris wheel in Tel Aviv's main amusement park malfunctions

Birthday party gone wrong: A five-year-old girl sustained a light head injury on Thursday, after a ferris wheel in Tel Aviv's main amusement park malfunctioned, according to her parents.

 

She was taken to the Dana Children's Hospital at the Sorasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv.

 

Paramedic Uri Levi said that the parents came to them and told them their girls were hurt by a tire loosened from the ferris wheel. "She was lightly injured and we took her to the hospital," said Levi.

 


הגלגל שנפל ליד הגלגל הענק (צילום: לינוי רייכמן)

The malfunctioning wheel (Photo: Linoy Reichman)

 

The girl's mother said the family came to the park to celebrate her daughter's birthday. T

 

The incident took place as the child was standing in line to the ride: "We heard weird noises from the wheel and saw the guard kept looking up," remembered the mother. "When it was our turn to board, the tire fell on us. My daughter cut her head. She was very scared," she said. The girl's father added, "I don't think we will go to the park again any time soon."

 

The Park's management said that the event is being investigated. The incident happened when the park held its annual festival for families of Israel Prison Service workers.

 

In April 2010, dozens of people were stuck on a roller coaster in Tel Aviv amusement park. A similar event happened in 2007, when it took 40 minutes to rescue the visitors from a malfunctioning ride.

 

 

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פרסום ראשון: 05.10.12, 22:02
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