Maharashtra Joyride Goes Wrong: Woman Thrown To Ground After Seat Lock Snaps
A young woman was seriously injured after falling from a spinning carnival ride in Maharashtra when a safety lock failed. The incident has sparked local demands for stricter safety audits of amusement rides at public fairs.
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Raises critical questions regarding the regulation and safety standards of temporary amusement parks in India.
A supposedly fun day out at the fair turned out to be a near-death experience for a young woman when she fell from a joyride in Maharashtra's Ahilyanagar.A video of the incident has gone viral. The woman was seriously injured in the bizarre accident.The video shows people at the Anand Mela of Ahilyanagar's Jamkhed get horrified as the young woman suddenly fell to the ground from a height.According to eyewitnesses, the woman, who is yet to be identified, went to a spinning amusement park ride at the fair organised for the Nageshwar Yatra festival.As the tsunami carnival ride started spinning, the iron safety lock of the seat that the woman was sitting on suddenly opened.
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