Malfunctioning ride at National Cherry Festival was last inspected by state in 2019
Arnold Amusements, manufacturer of the ride, will be providing attractions to the Ionia Free Fair which begins Friday
and last updated 2021-07-12 16:44:03-04
LANSING, Mich. â The company that owns the Magic Carpet Ride which malfunctioned Friday at the National Cherry Festival will be bringing attractions to the Ionia Free Fair later this week.
Organizers behind the Free Fair are confident that there will not be any similar incidents at their event.
âWe are so excited to be back for the 2021 Ionia Free Fair, said Lisa Sanford, who is on the board of directors for the Free Fair.
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The Magic Carpet Ride “came off the blocking,” said Joe Evans of Traverse City-based Arnold Amusements. By Associated Press
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) A thrill ride at a popular festival in northern Michigan was dismantled and an investigation started after the machine appeared to tip and pitch with riders aboard.
Festival-goers in Traverse City, Michigan rushed to keep an out-of-control carnival ride from falling over with passengers still on board on Thursday. https://t.co/dboDruyO4Bpic.twitter.com/adaGzPkqJ5
Bystanders recorded the incident with cellphones Thursday night during the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City. No serious injuries were reported.
WPBN-TV that she looked up at the ride after hearing a loud bang. “It was like scraping, and then it started going faster,” she said. “And then it started like rocking a little bit back and forth. The ride’s operator switched off the power and jumped to safety, the Bystanders grabbed a guardrail attached to the ride’s main base to hold it down. Rides at the midway are inspected daily by Arnold Amusements employees, annually by the state and three times a year by a third party, the company said. A spokeswoman with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs told the Traverse City Record-Eagle that records showed the carnival ride that malfunctioned was last inspected in 2019 and the result was satisfactory.
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