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| Fairground teacup ride 'spins into crowd' at Leeds Castle | Fairground teacup ride 'spins into crowd' at Leeds Castle |
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| Three girls were hurt when a fairground teacup ride came loose and "spun into a crowd". | |
| Parents screamed as the cup broke away from its platform at Leeds Castle, near Maidstone, on Saturday. | Parents screamed as the cup broke away from its platform at Leeds Castle, near Maidstone, on Saturday. |
| The girls were treated by paramedics for shock and apparently minor injuries. An eyewitness told of seeing children under a cup. | The girls were treated by paramedics for shock and apparently minor injuries. An eyewitness told of seeing children under a cup. |
| It happened on the same day eight children were hurt falling from an inflatable slide in Woking. | It happened on the same day eight children were hurt falling from an inflatable slide in Woking. |
| Dee Sturgess, who witnessed the incident at 17:15 GMT, said the ride "kept stopping unexpectedly" so she decided to move on to the next stall before she "heard screams". | Dee Sturgess, who witnessed the incident at 17:15 GMT, said the ride "kept stopping unexpectedly" so she decided to move on to the next stall before she "heard screams". |
| She said: "We ran over through the crowd - who mostly were just standing frozen - to find children under the tea cup and screaming parents. | She said: "We ran over through the crowd - who mostly were just standing frozen - to find children under the tea cup and screaming parents. |
| "There was a very long couple of minutes with children from the other cups on the ride screaming before the ride was switched off." | "There was a very long couple of minutes with children from the other cups on the ride screaming before the ride was switched off." |
| 'Hysterically screaming' | |
| She said some men lifted the cup off the children while another man pulled out a young girl who "was shaking and going into shock". | |
| Meanwhile, she said "a mum with a very young toddler who was knocked under the cup was hysterically screaming". | |
| In a statement, Leeds Castle said that none of the girls had sustained "significant" physical injury. | In a statement, Leeds Castle said that none of the girls had sustained "significant" physical injury. |
| Chief Executive Sir David Steel said the "low-level teacup ride" was "operated by an independent contractor that (we have) used many times before". | Chief Executive Sir David Steel said the "low-level teacup ride" was "operated by an independent contractor that (we have) used many times before". |
| He said it had passed a safety inspection in September. | He said it had passed a safety inspection in September. |
| 'In shock' | |
| He added: "The ride was stopped immediately and the on-site paramedics attended. | He added: "The ride was stopped immediately and the on-site paramedics attended. |
| "Two girls got up from the incident and walked away, the third was in shock but not injured. They all watched the fireworks from the paramedics tent. | "Two girls got up from the incident and walked away, the third was in shock but not injured. They all watched the fireworks from the paramedics tent. |
| "The ride has now been taken out of service and all the other rides at the small funfair will have been checked again ahead of tonight's display. " | "The ride has now been taken out of service and all the other rides at the small funfair will have been checked again ahead of tonight's display. " |