Critical condition after fireball ride in ohio broke apart. Tonight that same ride on the Santa Cruz Boardwalk has been shut down just to be safe. Nbc bay areas at the boardwalk with the new details. Sergio. A spokesperson for the Santa Cruz Beach boardwalk says they have never had an incident with the fireball right here but decided to shut it down and perform an inspection anyway. In video thats been widely circulated on social media, you can see the ride at the Ohio State Fair. We cannot show the whole clip because its too graphic. One died, six others injured. Fireball right here at the boardwalk is made by the same manufacturer and though theyve never had an incident here, they wanted to take extra precautions and shut it down early. We were going to do an inspection tonight. Its hard to inspect rides in the dark. Well wait till the morning and do an additional inspection along with the daily check. Reporter there are key differences between the two rides. The fireball at the Ohio
It s been closed for inspection well. And if the ride looks familiar, box s because we have one of them at the santa cruz board walk, and its been closed for inspection in light of what happened. Spersoy areas bob riddell live this morning, and bob, rides e st these are closing around the country right now. Reporter good morning, sam oth vickie, normally you see a entg line of teenagers lined upside the fireball. As its supposed to be opening o a t now. From u can see, today, it is alksed, a spokesperson for the honta cruz beach board walk tells us that cal osha emailed de m and other parks in the as e to shut down their some all ride immediately and ake sinitely until further notice. The board walk fireball ll laction and the fireball ride that failed in ohio were both we factured by kmg, thats the rimpany out of holland, but there is a key difference. The santa cruz version is a as manent structure, the one in ahio was portable. T itd be broken down and s todported to a new location.
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A tweet from the president to ban transgender people from the military. A huge crowd gathered in the castro for an emergency protest in response to the president s announceme announcement. Their intens was to show that to San Francisco stands with the transgender community. It was a stunning about face from candidate trump who vowed to defend the community more strongly than his opponent would. Reporter 69 years to the day president harry truman deseg reigated the military, President Trump is making his own changes but ignored questions about his tweets making headlines. A tweet announcing a major change to military policy, tweeting that u. S. Government will not allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u. S. Military, siting tremendous medical cost and disruptions. Its not a simple one but the president feels its the best one for the military. And doing it on the 69th anniversary of president trumans integration of the military is a particular slap in the face. We
Apologize, we lost the signal for you there. Inspectors will check out the fire ball in the morning. This is after an 18yearold was killed when the ride malfunctioned at the Ohio State Fair. Abc reporter maggie rulli has more. Reporter riders on the fireball enjoying a night out at the Ohio State Fair when all of a sudden things went horribly wrong. Witnesses say several riders thrown into the air. Some of the victims landing on the hard fair ground asphalt. Multiple passengers were ejected at high speed with high energy. Many feet, at least 20 or 30 if not more into the air, and then crashed at a significant distance from the ride. Reporter state troopers and police sealed off the area. Victims were rushed to columbus area hospitals. One person has been is deceased as a result of this incident. We also have additionally seven other persons who are injured. Three of those are in critical conditions. Reporter Ohio Governor john kasich reacted swiftly, ordering all fair rides be shut dow