A video posted on social media has appeared to show part of an amusement park ride in India crashing to the ground with dozens of people on board.

According to the local network New Delhi Television (NDTV), on Sunday evening (September 4), a drop tower at a fair in Mohali, in the state of Punjab, suddenly malfunctioned.

The circular platform where riders were seated had reached the top of the vertical structure when it suddenly plummeted to the ground.

The impact threw fairground goers from their seats as it collided with the platform below. The New York Post reports that at least 16 people have been injured in the accident, including children, with five admitted to a nearby hospital.

In the video, onlookers can be heard screaming next to the ride, watching as their loved ones drop straight down without stopping. The footage also showed the spinning drop tower losing speed before plummeting down instead of slowing.

Reportedly, carnival management staff and fairground bouncers exited the scene after the impact, per Daily Mail, with police opening up an investigation into what caused the accident.

Deputy superintendent of police Harsimran Singh Bal told the Indian Express: "A carnival was being organized and the eyewitness told us that there was a technical snag in the swing and it had fallen."

Three men and two women were admitted to the Phase-6 Civil Hospital for head and neck injuries after the fall and The Hindustan Times reported that children as young as 10 were being treated at Fortis Hospital - a medical facility near the fair.

Several Indian publications have said that there had been no ambulances on standby at the fair. Journalist Nikhil Choudhary who filmed the video of the accident said he didn't see any emergency vehicles present at the time of the incident but said ambulances arrived a few minutes later.

According to Business Standard, people who were present during the incident claimed that no safety measures were taken at the amusement park.

The Mohali Trade Fair - which has now been shut down - was to continue till September 11 this year. The Mohali Deputy Commissioner Amit Talwar said officers are opening an inquiry into whether the organizers had a license to carry the carnival.

Sunny Singh, one of the organizers of the festival, told the outlet they had operated the ride many times before but "this has never happened". He also said that he intends to cooperate with the police.

The incident is under investigation.

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At least two people have been killed and dozens more injured after a theme park ride broke in India.

The incident, which occurred at Kankaria Adventure Park in Ahmedabad yesterday, reportedly resulted in the Discovery pendulum ride crashing to the ground while at full capacity.

The main shaft of the ride is said to have broken as it began to gain speed and height, pulling everyone on board to the ground along with the mechanism. Footage which has emerged since the tragic accident shows people screaming while others rush to assist the injured.

As reported by RT, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation commissioner, Vijay Nehra stated "The AMC fire department conducted swift disaster response operations. The heads of departments of paediatrics, ortho and surgery reported to the hospital and the injured are being treated."

Per CNN-News18, at least two people have been confirmed dead as a result of the injuries they sustained, while 26 others are currently receiving treatment in hospital.

A police official has confirmed that the two people who lost their lives are 24-year-old Manali Rajwadi, and 22-year-old Mohammad Javed.

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A catastrophic rollercoaster incident has resulted in one death and several injuries at Stockholm's renowned amusement park, Grona Lund.

As reported by The Sun, The Jetline rollercoaster, a popular attraction at the park, partially derailed during its course, leading to a tragic accident.

Amidst the chaos and shock, a representative from Grona Lund confirmed the casualty count, stating the crash had led to one fatality and several injuries.

Eyewitness accounts detailed the harrowing event, describing the disarray as authorities rushed to secure the area. It was reported that the accident was so severe it caused the ride's wheels to detach.

Cecilia, an onlooker, told Aftonbladet: "First we heard three, four loud bangs. People started screaming and then people started running. At first they thought it was a shooting. Then we saw how the wheels from the cart were on the ground. That was probably what sounded so loud. It's terrible, this kind of thing can't happen."

With the park currently being evacuated, an investigation is underway, according to a police spokesperson.

Grona Lund, which has been operational for 140 years, will remain closed until further notice.

Jenny Lagerstedt, a journalist who was at the park with her family, shared her account with SVT, stating that she heard a metallic noise and observed the track shaking during the incident. She shared her husband's witness of the coaster car plummeting to the ground with terrified patrons on board.

Annika Troselius, Head of Information at the park, confirmed that the injuries are severe, though the full extent of the damage is yet to be established. She emphasized that their primary focus now is on aiding the victims and providing support to their staff.

Troselius told Aftonbladet: "The reason for that is something that we must return to. Everyone is one hundred percent focused on helping the victims now."

The Jetline rollercoaster, a steel-tracked ride capable of reaching speeds up to 56 mph and a height of 98 feet, is a major draw for the park, with over a million visitors riding it each year, as per the park's website.

Our thoughts go out to everybody impacted by this tragedy.

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A 911 caller has claimed that the teenager who fell to his death from a free-fall ride at a Florida amusement park ride was not strapped in properly.

Tyre Sampson was just 14 years old when he lost his life in the tragic accident at ICON Park last Thursday (March 24).

Per Fox 35, eyewitnesses say they saw the teenager falling from the ride and plummeting to the ground as the ride dropped. Many were prompted to call emergency services as the tragedy unfolded before their eyes.

In one call, the witness claims that Tyre was not correctly strapped in, saying: "I don't know from where he fell. They didn't secure the seatbelt on him."

In another, the caller describes the teenager's body when it hit the ground."They're saying he's breathing, but he's not responsive. Looks like his arms are broken and his legs," he says, adding: "He's face down, there's blood everywhere. He's not breathing. I've checked his pulse, there's no pulse."

The Orlando Free Fall attraction which Tyre fell from opened in December. Billed as the world's tallest free-standing drop tower, the ride elevates up to 30 guests into the air then drops 400 feet at 70 mph, per Fox 35.

Ride owners SlingShot Group say they do not know what went wrong for Tyre to fall out. Spokesperson John Stine told CBS News: "The way the ride is designed, with all the safety features and redundancy, there shouldn't be an issue."

Meanwhile, the teen's dad, Yarnell Sampson, gave a heartbreaking account to Fox 35 of his son's final moments. Originally from Missouri, Tyre was on vacation with friends when he visited the park. But according to his dad, he didn't feel comfortable on the ride from the start.

"He was panicking when he was going up," he said, adding: "That's when he started freaking out, and he was explaining to his friend next to him, 'I don't know man. If I don't make it down, please tell my mom and daddy I love them.'"

The grieving parent went on to say that: "This should never happen to anyone else's child ever again, and if I have anything to do with this, it will not happen ever again."

ICON Park said in a statement that "Our heartfelt thoughts are with [Tyre's] family and friends," adding: "We are in close coordination and will continue to cooperate with law enforcement and regulators regarding our tenant, the SlingShot Group."

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A young child in Ukraine has tragically died after hanging herself in a freak amusement park accident, multiple sources have reported.

The four-year-old girl - who was later identified by name as Valeria - had been playing on an inflatable trampoline at a children's amusement park in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on May 13 when she "became entangled" in the loops of the object.

Regional police chief, Serhii Shaikhet, said that Valeria had died as a result of suffocation.

The owner of the trampoline was subsequently detained as a result of the incident, per Fox News.

Ukrainian news outlet TSN detailed that Natalia Kuchynska - a woman who was set to become Valeria's godmother - alleged that three employees working at the park at the time were on their phones when the incident happened.

"There were three girls near the trampoline who were supposed to watch over the children. But instead they sat with their backs to the trampoline, looking at something on their phones," she said.

Kuchynska explained to the outlet that Valeria had been with her mother, Anya, who had been keeping a close eye on her daughter and was described as a very "attentive" mother.

However, Valeria had gone to jump in a "blind zone" that was a little out of sight. "I can't even imagine how all this could happen. We cannot come up with a version of how it all happened, why she got caught, and how she hung without reaching the trampoline itself with her legs," Kuchynska added.

She also said that when Valeria was eventually found, Anya apparently suspected she had simply fainted due to overheating. "They started giving her artificial respiration, heart massage, and splashing water. They say that the staff of the trampoline handed the girl into her mother's arms and ran away. There was no medical center on the territory either. Some man ran to the doctors - there was a dentist nearby," she said.

Doctors examined Valeria, shone a light into her eyes, and even tried to use ammonia to wake her up. Though, she was sadly pronounced dead once the ambulance arrived.

Most devastatingly, Valeria's father had passed recently in early May.

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Thrillseekers at a UK theme park found themselves taking longer than expected to reach the bottom of a ride yesterday.

The unlucky group of visitors had to walk down from the top of the 180ft roller coast after it malfunctioned midway through.

Yesterday (July 20) was the hottest day on record in the UK, with scorching temperatures reaching a never-before-seen high of 100 degrees Fahrenheit in much of the country.

Visitors to Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire felt the heat in more ways than one when, due to the soaring temperatures, the roller coaster Oblivion came to a stop just before it was due to plunge riders 180ft into an underground tunnel.

One man at the amusement park took to Twitter to give the internet real-time updates on how the unlucky thrill-seekers were faring.

"An Oblivion shuttle has stopped at the top, I’m sure the magical bottles of water will be straight out in this heat," he tweeted alongside a snap of the stalled roller coaster.

Not long after, he tweeted again to let people know that water had been delivered to the people stuck on Oblivion. In his next tweet, he announced: "Evacuation procedure has started, the yellow fences are out on the break run."

"Preparations are underway to evacuate the riders from the shuttle at the top, clearly the ride cannot be re-started at this point in time!" he continued.

The next tweet let people know that the theme park goers were having to make their own way down from the top of the roller coaster with the help of a harness.

"Guests are now being evacuated from the top, they have remained safe throughout the evacuation, with bottled water provided, and a harness to walk back down to the ground!" he tweeted.

Despite the guests' terrifying descent from Oblivion, Alton Towers reassured the public that the ride was in working order.

Per Metro, a spokesperson for the amusement park said: "The ride performed exactly as it is designed to do."

"In line with our well-rehearsed procedures, guests were assisted from the ride and were immediately given water, food, hats and all left happy to continue on with their day at the park. At no point was guest safety compromised," the added.

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