Luna
06-11-2006, 21:43
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This happened at our local funpark!!!
Rescue services have freed 18 people who were trapped upside down on a fairground ride at Strathclyde Country Park, in Motherwell, near Glasgow.
Fire and ambulance crews released the riders, aged between eight and 27, within two hours of a mechanical fault, which happened just before 2100 GMT.
The revellers had to be freed in pairs from the ride, where they were stuck 20ft (6m) above the ground.
Everyone was removed from the ride by 2300 GMT, Strathclyde Police said.
Most of the people were believed to be suffering from dizziness.
One 27-year-old man was taken to hospital suffering from shock.
Health and safety officers are due to assess the ride
It is understood the young people had been hanging upside down for hour before engineers managed to free the mechanism that enabled the passengers to be brought upright.
Strathclyde Fire Brigade used lines to steady the ride and turn it round in stages to bring each group of passengers close to the ground.
Firefighters also used ladders to bring people to safety.
Ronnie Nesbit, whose daughters were trapped, has expressed anger about the entire incident.
"My daughters were here and my son and I got a phone call saying the two of them were stuck up there," he said.
"I think the information passed across to the likes of parents like myself - got pushed from pillar to post by the police again, and there was just no information coming across."
Meanwhile, health and safety officials are due to make a full inspection of the ride.
Insp Derek Brown of Strathclyde Police said: "It could have been a much more serious incident.
"Fortunately only one person was taken to hospital."
from reading the eye witness reports on bbc news they were acutally upside down for 2 hours :eek:
This happened at our local funpark!!!
Rescue services have freed 18 people who were trapped upside down on a fairground ride at Strathclyde Country Park, in Motherwell, near Glasgow.
Fire and ambulance crews released the riders, aged between eight and 27, within two hours of a mechanical fault, which happened just before 2100 GMT.
The revellers had to be freed in pairs from the ride, where they were stuck 20ft (6m) above the ground.
Everyone was removed from the ride by 2300 GMT, Strathclyde Police said.
Most of the people were believed to be suffering from dizziness.
One 27-year-old man was taken to hospital suffering from shock.
Health and safety officers are due to assess the ride
It is understood the young people had been hanging upside down for hour before engineers managed to free the mechanism that enabled the passengers to be brought upright.
Strathclyde Fire Brigade used lines to steady the ride and turn it round in stages to bring each group of passengers close to the ground.
Firefighters also used ladders to bring people to safety.
Ronnie Nesbit, whose daughters were trapped, has expressed anger about the entire incident.
"My daughters were here and my son and I got a phone call saying the two of them were stuck up there," he said.
"I think the information passed across to the likes of parents like myself - got pushed from pillar to post by the police again, and there was just no information coming across."
Meanwhile, health and safety officials are due to make a full inspection of the ride.
Insp Derek Brown of Strathclyde Police said: "It could have been a much more serious incident.
"Fortunately only one person was taken to hospital."
from reading the eye witness reports on bbc news they were acutally upside down for 2 hours :eek: