![]() None has had a serious malfunction before, the company said in an email to the AP.Īfter the accident, fairs in California, New Jersey and Canada shut down similar rides before the company issued its order. Forty-three of the rides, also known as the Afterburner, are in use around the world, 11 of them in the U.S., according to KMG. The shattered Fire Ball ride, including its cracked arm and tattered seats, sits in a humidity-controlled room at SEA Limited, a forensic engineering firm on the Anheuser-Busch campus in Columbus. Marines and injured seven when part of an amusement ride known as the Fire Ball broke off. The ride's manufacturer, KMG, said the one at the Ohio fair was built in 1998 in the Netherlands. An Ohio State Fair tragedy has killed a Columbus man who had just enlisted in the U.S. ![]() It said Fire Ball had been checked by its staff and independent inspectors before the fair opened.įire Ball swings 24 riders back and forth like a pendulum 40 feet above the ground while they sit in four-seat carriages that spin at 13 revolutions a minute, according to the company's website. An 18-year-old man, Tyler Jarrell, of Columbus, was killed and seven others were injured, three critically, as a result of the accident about 7:20 p.m. "I can't tell you with a matter of certainty how many days or weeks this will take," he said.Īmusements of America, the company that provides rides to the state fair, said it is committed to working with investigators to determine the cause. Paul Pride of the State Highway Patrol said inspectors are "basically going to do an autopsy on that machine" to figure out why it malfunctioned. He said that some work on all the rides was delayed by heavy rains last week but that the inspections were completed and not rushed.Ĭol. FILE- In this Jfile photo, an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper removes a ground spike in front of the Fire Ball ride at the Ohio State Fair, in Columbus, Ohio. ![]() Michael Vartorella, Ohio's chief inspector of amusement ride safety, said the Fire Ball was inspected three or four times before the fair opened. Dramatic video was captured by an eyewitness that shows the ride swinging back and forth like a pendulum and spinning in the air when it crashes into something and part of the ride flies off. ![]()
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