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Fairground horror after two teenagers 'intentionally cause ride to swing out of control' before violent collision that left three people injured

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Two teenagers, both 13 years old, are facing charges after intentionally causing a swing ride at the Columbia County Fall Fair in Georgia to spin out of control on Saturday, resulting in three injuries including one woman who was transported by ambulance. Footage shows riders screaming and swings colliding violently, with one swing breaking off and flying away from the ride. The incident highlights safety concerns over fairground rides, as parents like Kristen Murphy expressed fear and a lack of immediate assistance from authorities during the chaotic event.

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On Saturday at the Columbia County Fall Fair in Georgia, two 13-year-old teenagers are facing charges after they allegedly caused a swing ride to spin out of control. Footage from the incident shows riders screaming and swings crashing into each other before one woman's seat breaks off and she is thrown away from the ride. The sheriff’s department spokesperson reported that the teens had been warned not to lock their seats together while the ride was in motion but disregarded this warning.

The chaotic scene left three people injured, including a woman who required medical evacuation by ambulance from the fairgrounds. A mother, Kristen Murphy, who recorded part of the incident for safety purposes, described seeing chairs violently hitting riders and each other during the malfunction. Witnesses say it looked like "pure chaos" with the ride nearly flying apart. EMS responded to tend to those injured at the scene.

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Two teenagers are facing charges after police said they intentionally caused a swing ride to spin out of control, leaving three people injured. asserted

ride → face → people

The 13-year-olds had been warned not to lock their seats together when the ride was in motion at the Columbia County Fall Fair in Georgia on Saturday, a spokesperson for the sheriff's department told WRDW. asserted

spokesperson → warn → WRDW

Horrifying footage shows the swing ride operating as normal, but quickly become unstable as it slowed, with riders screaming as the swings seemed to crash into each other. asserted

swings → show → other

One woman's swing could then be seen apparently breaking off of the ride, sending her flying. uncertain

swing → see → her

After seeing the woman go flying, the mother taking the video, Kristen Murphy, dropped her phone as she said 'chairs were violently hitting the riders, the passengers [and] other chairs.' ' asserted

chairs → see → riders

My husband even told me, you know, he was several hundred feet behind me at the other ride with my other two kids, and he said "Well, from my perspective, being far back, it looked like pure chaos. asserted

it → tell → chaos

It looked like the ride was going to fly apart,"' she recounted. asserted

she → look → ?

Authorities said one woman was injured in the incident and had to leave the fair grounds in an ambulance, while two children were treated at the scene for minor injuries. asserted

children → say → injuries

The unidentified 13-year-olds, meanwhile, received paperwork charging them with unruly behavior and were allowed to leave the fair with their parents, according to Local 12 News. uncertain

olds → receive → News

Two 13-year-olds are facing charges for causing a swing ride to become unstable at the Columbia County Fall Fair in Georgia on Saturday Horrifying footage showed one woman's swing breaking off of the ride, sending her flying Murphy, whose teens were on the ride, told WRDW how she raced to get to her children while the ride was still in motion. asserted

ride → face → motion

'This ride has to stop. asserted

ride → have → ?

Something's happening. asserted

Something → happen → ?

I need to get to them,' she remembered saying. asserted

she → need → them

Other parents then rushed to get to the control panel to help her husband slow the ride, and once it stopped she said she noticed 'there were some pretty severe injuries.' asserted

she → rush → ride

Murphy also claimed she did not see much urgency from law enforcement or EMS and that no one from the Merchants took a statement from her family. asserted

one → claim → family

She said she is now unsure whether she will ever go back to a fair. ' asserted

she → say → fair

I was already apprehensive about it to begin with, just 'cause these rides are taken up and down all the time, you know, and your kids want to go, you let your kids talk you into it and then the next thing you know, this is what happens.' asserted

what → begin → it

The Daily Mail has reached out to the Merchants Association of Columbia County, which organizes the fair each year, and the Columbia County Sheriff's Office for comment. asserted

which → reach → comment

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