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10-year-old ejected from carnival ride, cracks skull

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Huntley Daniels, a 10-year-old boy, was left with serious injuries after he was forcibly ejected from a carnival ride called Moby Dick in Illinois during the Taste of Summer Festival over the weekend. He sustained multiple broken bones, a cracked skull, a broken jaw, and teeth pushed into his gums upon impact. His grandmother Dawne Pohlman was in shock, saying, “You never think it would happen to you. You think, ‘Oh, this is just fun …

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Roller coaster riders stuck upside down for hours

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On Sunday, eight passengers aboard a carnival ride, the Fire Ball, were left hanging upside down after a mechanical failure at the Forest County Festival in Crandon, Wisconsin, a city located about 230 miles away from Milwaukee. The riders remained stuck in this position for at least three hours as first responders worked diligently to bring them down safely. According to Captain Brennan Cook of the Crandon Fire Department, the ride had recently been inspected …

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