afraid. everybody, you know, was shocked. nobody knew what to do. reporter: the latest incident in a series of wrong turns at amusement parks and carnivals across the country leaving some on edge about the summertime staple. car row winds tallest coaster straddling the north and south carolina border remains closed after a visitor discovered a frightening crack earlier this month. the support beam visibly shifts when the coaster comes through. i m not an engineer but that s not good. reporter: that same weekend in wisconsin, roller coaster riders got stuck hanging upside down for three hours after a mechanical failure, and in a serious mishap in illinois, a 10-year-old boy landed in the hospital after he was flung from a carnival ride approximately 10 to 20 feet in the air according to a family member s gofundme post. obviously our biggest concern is to make sure something like this doesn t happen again. reporter: there are roughly 32,000 injuries from amusement rides annual
that crosses the north and south carolina border. this video a week earlier appears sho show the crack starting to form. the coaster has been operating since 2015, and carowinds says fury 325 and all of its rides undergo daily inspections. how did it get to this point, and people are on that ride. reporter: it s putting the spotlight on ride safety. last year, missouri 14-year-old, tyrese sampson fell out of a drop tower seat and died at orlando s icon park. despite the harrowing incident, president of premiere rides says safety measures are rigorous. the same types of tools that are used in aerospace engineering are used in the theme park industry. for jeremy wagner, he says his family won t be worried to get bang on fury 325 when it s fixed. i would like to think that there are safety protocols and fixing the issue would be secure enough. reporter: carowinds did not say what might have cause the