Personal Injury Yorkshire
A woman and her granddaughter suffered serious injuries after being thrown from a fairground ride.
The 58-year-old woman and the four-year-old girl were flipped from the Jungle River log flume on the seafront in Bridlington, east Yorkshire.
Medics from the Yorkshire air ambulance airlifted the woman to hospital following the incident, which is thought to have occurred when the log flume jammed. It is the second serious accident at a fairground in less than a week.
Crowds looked on in horror at the accident at 3.28pm on Sunday. Witnesses described seeing the ride jam on its rails then restart, "flipping" the pair from the carriage. An investigation has been launched.
Councillor Cyril Marsburg, the mayor of Bridlington, said: "The lady and her granddaughter were on the log flume water splash. It came down and was there was no water there. It hit the bottom and they were both thrown out."
"I'm quite surprised there were no safety belts on the ride. Had there been, they would not have been thrown out."
A Humberside police spokeswoman said the pair were visiting the resort from South Yorkshire. The woman was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary and later transferred to Castle Hill hospital in Cottingham. The girl, who suffered lacerations to her leg, was taken to Scarborough hospital and later transferred to Hull Royal Infirmary.
Police said neither victim suffered life-threatening injuries. Marsburg said: "It is very rare for these accidents to happen. This is the first one I can recall.
"Safety measures are carried out but when something like this happens it is terrible."
The Humber coastguard said: "We got a call from ambulance control who needed some help with getting two casualties evacuated.
"It was very crowded and more people were being attracted to the scene after the incident, which was making it incredibly difficult for the air ambulance to get anywhere near.
"We did crowd control and helped secure the helicopter landing site."
Humberside police said the inquiry would be led by the Health and Safety Executive with assistance from police.
The accident follows an incident last Tuesday when a 12-year-old schoolboy fell from a ride and was seriously injured at Camelot theme park in Chorley, Lancashire.
source: guardian.co.uk
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