Terrifying Video: The Moment a 3-Year-Old Girl Slipped Out of a Moving Carnival Ride
- Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:03am by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Image source: KTRK
A 3-year-old girl has been released from the hospital after slipping out of a moving carnival ride in a terrifying moment that was all caught on tape.
It happened Wednesday on the Techno Jump ride at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Houston ABC affiliate KTRK-TV reported.
A video taken by a parent capturing his own child‘s ride on the Techno Jump inadvertently recorded the girl’s fall. Her mother couldn’t fit into the seat so she let the girl, who met the minimum height rule ride, with her brother. In one image, she appears to be slumping in the seat. A few seconds later, as the car sweeps by again, she is seen trying to hold on with her body swinging in the air. Moments later, she was flung to the ground.
The girl — who hasn’t been identified — reportedly suffered a concussion as a result of the incident and her family has hired an attorney.
The ride was briefly shut down Wednesday but was soon up and running again, with rodeo officials implementing new safety rules after the girl’s fall. Young carnival-goers hoping to ride similar attractions now require a “supervising companion” aged 16 or older to ride with them, KTRK reported.
Officials have said the ride operator was not at fault because the girl met the height requirements, and there was no way to know how young she was.
A carnival spokeswoman told the station the ride had passed inspection just the day before.
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Comments (68)
dontbotherme
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:56pmAs a grandmother, I have to throw my opinion in here. This was the Mom’s fault. Learn to say noto your children. How did she hire an attorney so quickly? I glad the little toddler is ok.
Report Post »PRRedlin
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 4:43pmI agree with that (and 3 is way too young to ride a ride alone, even if they are the correct height. However, the regulation for the ride says that she is the correct height, so obviously that needs to be changed.
While the mother is morally at fault, the ride operators/inspectors are technically and legally at fault.
Report Post »Ballot_Box_Revolution
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 8:03pmThere is no way that is a 3 yr old……look how long those legs are….
Again media not doing there job, for whatever reasons….
Report Post »maumau
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:46pmsome kids are big but under five you should have mom or dad there, mom too fat you say then sorry johnny you dont get to ride
Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:58pm“If there is an accident every year, we need more regulation?”
This is the problem with this country. Regulations are not the answer.
The other problem is the news running stories about shark attacks, when 12 people die each year around the world from them. Yep, that is about 0.00000004% of the US population, and 0.000000002% world population. You could run a story on the use of the word “widget” as it would effect more people.
Report Post »pjn0524
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:48pmI completely agree! I have two kids, now 18 and almost 15, and we attend our county fair every year. They weren’t allowed to go on adult rides alone until they were at least 10-12. And may I say, that child looks awfully big for a 3 year old. I don’t know that many 3 year old children that are big enough to meet height requirements on rides! Certainly when we went to Disney, when my daughter was 3-1.2, she only met height requirements for a handful of rides. Not the exciting, dangerous ones, and an adult had to go with her in any case. This is child neglect.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 9:13amHer 3 y.o. daughter is probably a law student at Georgetown, and matriculated for the express purpose of suing non-union Carnival operators!
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 9:19amThey will invoke the legal concept of ‘strict rideability’ and that is: “Unless the ride can carry everyone of every size and shape, and race (I just HAD to get that one in there), then it can carrry NO ONE!” In that way, THERE WILL BE NO MORE ACCIDENTS! Isn‘t Obama’s new Candyland World a WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE! Free money, free healthcare, free housing and no more carnival accidents! One more industry regulated out of existence! I’d be surprised if there is no regulation against making a cell-phone call on a carnival ride! (Actually, that might make sense as the phone could get wrenched from your hands and strike an innocent onlooker!) Hmmm, how about shoes? What if that child had gotten her head caught and had her neck wrung like the Sunday chicken?
Report Post »Gman42
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:54amMy son was seven last year when we took him to the amusement park up here, and the only rides he went on alone were the ones that never left the ground. What kind of awful person goes after someone when they don’t even protect their own kid?
Report Post »lionshield
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:45pmI road a rid at carival that was an egg fairist-wheel that rolled around.
Report Post »I was about 12yrs. old and I started to fall out of the seat, I WAS ALMOST
A SCRABBLED EGG !
TheBurningTruth
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 6:28pmI guess you were busy at the amusement park instead of learning English.
People wonder why they‘re unemployable or can’t get a better job than at McDonalds. Illiteracy and lack of education is the reason.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 9:05amThis person couldn’t GET a job at McDonalds–they wouldn’t let her NEAR the fryer! She probably doesn‘t know the difference between hot oil and hot water AND if she is as literate with her ’Mickey Mouse Hands’ as she is with her words, I don’t think she would have any idea how long to cook a french fry!
Report Post »valleyfever
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:18pmThe family has hired an attorney…who’da thunkit?
Report Post »ChevalierdeJohnstone
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:15pmThe ride operator is entirely faultless. Full blame borne by the idiotic parent who willingly snuck a 3-yr-old onto the ride in order to avoid paying for an extra ticket. Charge the parents with child abuse and attempted murder 2nd.
Report Post »Balpit
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 2:18pmHow does a three-year-old girl meet the height requirement for this kind of ride?
Report Post »RinkyDink34
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 1:55pmGeorge Bush did it!
Report Post »Balpit
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 2:14pmYou took the words right out of my mouth!
Report Post »lodgerat
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 5:29pmIt’s really George H.W. Bush’s fault for giving birth George W.
Report Post »Senior Viking
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 1:54pmOh brother, leave it to a democrat – what we need are more regulations.
jeezz
what we need are adults with a brain. That mother is out to lunch as is the dem representitive.
Report Post »mastice
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 1:35pmAnd on the 5-o-clock news tomorrow? A new report detailing how the first politician (most likely Democrat) who saw this was up in arms and pledged to ram a bill through congress that demands each state outright ban the use of carnival rides, (because after all, carnival rides kill/hurt people) If the states don’t comply the federal government will cut funding for something like roads or education in that state.
At the very least the new bill will call for a brand new government agency charged with having a unionized ‘government employee’ (paid 80k a year, no less) standing next to each carnival ride in the US to ‘protect you from yourself.’ New proposed budget for this agency? 500 billion… but you might as well earmark 1 trillion for it due to overspending in the first fiscal year of it’s operation. Oh and the projected job creation? …………….13.
(the above is absolute sarcasm for anyone who can’t pick it up)
Report Post »McNamara
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 1:06pmIt is Rodeo time here in Houston. She could win the hard luck award, but she didn’t hold on for the full 8 seconds….seriously though, a three year old on this kind of ride? I fault the parents first, then the ride operator. Mainly the parents first.
Report Post »SoupSandwich
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 1:29pmProblem being lots of parents are now carnies. It used to have a negative connotation, now it is a way of life. Free range carnie kids coming to a town near you. Glad the lil tyke is ok, surely her carnie parents were into the fried butter or something more important.
Report Post »SaveUSnow10
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 1:35amAmen….my daughter is 18 months, and I can’t imagine even trying to let her ride a ride like this essentially by herself in another year and a half….Cmon parents….wake the f up….This breaks my heart….poor baby
Report Post »sizzler2220
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 12:57pmThe mother needs to go to jail for putting the girl on the ride.
Report Post »urnokid
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 12:49pmonly in America can you file suit against someone for your own lack of intelligance
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 12:47pm1. Mother chose to allow the child to go on the ride.
Report Post »2. Child met the height rule.
3. Mommy too fat to ride the ride with said child.
4. Mommy chose to put 3 year with 8 year old sibling instead.
5. Child tries to crawl out of ride because she is scared?
6. Child falls and gets hurt?
7. Mom gets lawyer – what is wrong with this picture. Up to this point it has been the parents fault.
8. Courts throws out the suit because the MOTHER is at Fault here and used bad judgement.
9635kari
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 12:53pmAmen brother!!! It is also so heart warming to know that the Democrat legislator will be adding new regulations and laws, which leads to more fines etc.
Report Post »flagkeeper
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:22pmThat about sums it up. Who would put a toddler on that ride, anyway?
Report Post »SaveUSnow10
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 1:39amAmen, except for the fact that the judge probably won’t throw it out…that is the sad thing…so many insane law suits that cause all kinds of regulations…it needs to stop right now…it‘s that woman’s fault for puting that lil baby on an adult ride…..and now she is going to try and blame someone else….shameful
Report Post »BigMG
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 10:08amNice synopsis. Of course common sense and the type of ‘conventional wisdom’ dominating our society today have never met. (D)They will regulate and litigate the hell out of yet another group, drive them out of business, and give everyone a trophy.
Report Post »Yea us!
SamIamTwo
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 12:45pmDo we have any parents left with common sense?
Do you have parents that are alive…or are you parents really that stupid??? Apparently so…
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 9:01amEven Darwin gets it wrong sometimes, punishing the child and not the parent with Newton’s Law! I can’t believe the mother would look at that ride and let her daughter go on it! You can’t fix stupid, but you can sue for it!
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 12:32pmMomma was too big to fit in the seat??? If she’s that large, she must have her own zip code…..
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 9:11amEr, uh, ashamed to admit it, but I once got on “The Italian Connection” ride at Kings Dominion and when I put the bar down, I couldn’t breathe until the ride was over! I tried to hail the operator, but couldn’t get his attention until the ride started. A labored gasp here and a gasp there and I made it to the Finish! Okay, I‘m 5’ 10″ and 220# and probably shouldn’t be on such things, and I‘m not sure if I’d rather get tossed (definitely NOT), or pried out with the JAWS OF LIFE (probably NOT, either)! But, it wasn‘t a ride I’d ever try again!
Report Post »VicksVaporub
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 12:27pmWish I had of thought of teaching my kids to jump from carnival rides, I’d be a millionaire now.
Report Post »imanegro
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 12:22pmWe need a new law or 3. The only answer is more regulation and laws. Laws laws laws. Regulations for everyone! More rules, laws, regulations. That will fix this problem, yes?
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 12:21pm.
I can hear it now: She was tall enough? That’s what the sign said! And your Baby’s Daddy told you, you weren’t gonna get pregnant cause it was a full moon too…..
C’mon she was 3. I bet her Mama was just smart enough to breed………
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 1:08pmSpank,
Report Post »I disagree– mama IS NOT smart enough, the sperm donor had all of the smarts in that copulation.
Hephzibah
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 12:05pmAnd such is our America these days. Parent stupidity and irresponsibility = lawsuit. Quick, let’s blame anyone other than oneself. Mama couldn’t fit into seat with her two kids…how about using another $3.00 ticket and going with your toddler in a different seat?
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:59amThe child was allowed out of her parents’ immediate purview and did something other than she was instructed (put her feet both on one side of the crotch restraint) and it’s the fault of the carnival? Only in Democratland.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:55amThe interesting thing about living in the age of a people’s who believe everything has a double meaning or a selfish angle is that 99.9 percent of people do not hear the truth when it is spoken, because they see it as having an angle. There is nothing that can be done about it, but all those 99.9 percent of people are going to feel awfully naked when things fall apart. And that’s not just in America, but world-wide, because when America goes down, the entire world will go down accordingly. Meaning, however much the difference is between oh say the U.S and some third world nation is right now – it will be equal accordingly. So if America falls back to the 1500‘s then Venezuela will fall back to the 900’s.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 12:00pmIt’s a spiritual thing, and there’s nothing you can do about preventing it when it happens.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 12:01pmThat’s why I say there is going to be thousands of want-to-be dictators with their own agenda who pop up world-wide, who have a 9th century way of thinking.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 12:53pmPLEASE, PLEASE go back on your meds. I beg of you, please free us from your incoherent ramblings. Since you have joined you do not make any sense and you are just embarrassing yourself because you talk like an INSANE MANIAC. Are you bipolar? Schizo? What? Tell us so we can send some help.
Report Post »Mr.Fitnah
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:39amThat didnt frighten me at all.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:30amSue, sue, sue, sue. What’s that movie where the entire town is lawyers constantly suing each other, and [no one has anything left], but they pounce on strangers when they enter town because only outsiders actually own something worth acquiring? That’s America.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:34amThe Bible calls it sending Hawks to take away everything you have of value, and they have picked the carcass of America clean, and it’s just bones drying in the sun.
Report Post »TxSon
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:23amNext week there will be a height AND age requirement .. fast forward … height, age, weight, bood analysis, IQ test .. come back in a month and maybe we’ll let you ride.
Come on, the parent has to be help liable for putting a 3 yo on a ride obviously not meant for toddlers.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:32amJust include the voter law into your predictions and we might have something!!!!
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:03pmThe worst that happened to us in the 50′s & going for the rides was eating something before going on a hair-raising ride and guess what…puke. Like the ole’ saying about not going swimming right-after-you-eat this will be another Government rule…wait one hour before taking in a carnival ride! Sure glad I was a kid in the 50′s. We had so much fun in the neighborhood on a summer’s day/close to evening. I still smell the mowed grass and in the fall, my mom would “pull-up” her garden and no city license required, had a small bon-fire in the middle of the cleared-off garden and we would roast marshmellows and she would stand-up the corn stalks. She raised sunflowers & would roast the seeds/w salt (no salt police then) and roast kernals of corn. To this day, when driving out in the country the smell of burning leaves always bring back good memories. I enjoy today also..but cherish the days when alot of things made sense & people were decent to each other. God Bless America!
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:12pm@amazing
The word police is out tonight…I meant to say “she grew sunflowers” not raised. I am a Mt. hick and proud of it! On that note, signing off…and like Red Skelton use to say..”Good Nite & God Bless”.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:12amThe family hired an attorney already. How does the mother not accept responsibility for the idiot decision to allow her 3 year old to ride this??? Something tells me even if there were an age limit the child would have still been on the ride………
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:33amIn our society personal responsibility means NOTHING. Thanks to attorneys. My Granddaughter wants to become an attorney. I told her she had better get ready to pay for her own College. Grandpa would not be contributing to the delenquency of a minor…She is own her own for Liberal Arts any social movement studies oe women’s movement studies. No money from me…
Report Post »I would rather her to not even go to College… Makes dumba@@es out of good people..
Baddoggy
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:07amNo age requirement? Us Texans want them to grow up quick I guess…Next week we put her on a bull…
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