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A group of fairgoers caught and saved a toddler who was dropped nearly 40 feet from a carnival ride as her mother dangled above the crowd.

"It was very scary witnessing the mother hanging from the ride with her daughter," witness Leann Craft said. "The little girl was completely dangling outside of the ride."

Sheri Pinkerton became trapped when the Crazy Bus ride at a carnival in Port Orange started up suddenly as Pinkerton and children were getting off the ride.

"I heard a bunch of screaming and I looked over and the school bus had started to go back up as the mother was getting off with her little girl," Craft said. "She was pretty much caught. She was half in and half out. Her leg was caught up underneath the ride and she was holding on to her little girl."

A group of men then gathered under the dangling mother and child and urged the woman to let go of her daughter.

"I let go of her and she grabbed my shirt so I had to pry her hands off my shirt and let her fall," Pinkerton said. "There was noting I could do. I could not hold both of us. I held on to her as long as I could."


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Comments (3)

That kid will always hate t... (Below threshold)
Imhotep:

That kid will always hate the song "Wheels on the bus" I bet.

This is Just about the weir... (Below threshold)
Tom:

This is Just about the weirdest thing that i have ever heard of happening at at Carnival.

No joke.I was on 1... (Below threshold)
Darby:

No joke.

I was on 1001 nights at the carnival.

Some genius thought it was smart to put the pirate ship right next to it.

Needless to say they smacked into each other 2 times before the operators stopped the rides. Scary as hell lemme tell ya.


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