Police have revealed that the incident at Tennessee’s Greene County Fair which threw three children from a Ferris Wheel was caused by mechanical failure.
At a news conference on Tuesday, August 9, police said that due to the failure on the ride, which is owned and operated by Family Attractions Amusement Company of Valdosta, the basket which the three girls were in, overturned and they fell 30 to 45 feet onto the ground below. He did not confirm that some witnesses said the basket was already faulty and rocking before the girls boarded it.
Following the fall, one of the girls, aged 6, suffered a traumatic brain injury and the incident led to improved regulations in Tennessee as to how rides at amusement parks and fairs are regulated, with private inspectors now being used rather than state employed ones. The new regulations also apply to zip lines as well as Ferris wheels and roller coasters.
Family Attractions Amusement Company is declining to comment on the incident.
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