Tragic: Two Girls Hospitalized After Being Thrown From Ferris Wheel

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I don’t know about you but I don’t trust carnival or festival amusement rides.

Think about it.

The festival comes into town, workers then put together an amusement ride in the manner of hours and we are supposed to trust it won’t fall apart and work properly.

My fears became reality on Saturday.

Over the weekend in Louisiana, two girls were hospitalized after falling from a Ferris Wheel after the bucket they were in flipped upside down.

CBS News provided further details on the accident:

Two girls were hospitalized after they were thrown from a Ferris wheel on Saturday afternoon at a festival in Louisiana, authorities said. One suffered broken bones and the other may have bleeding in her brain, CBS News Chicago reported.

Photos and video taken at the scene appeared to show the Ferris wheel — at the annual Harvest Festival in New Roads, some 40 miles northwest of Baton Rouge — paused mid-ride with one of the baskets that seat riders tipped upside down.

Witnesses told CBS affiliate WAFB that the girls were ejected from the basket while the Ferris wheel was rotating. Two girls fell at least 20 feet onto a steel platform below, while a third clung to the basket, which was suspended about 15 feet in the air.

“As it was going around, it was just like, stuck at an angle and they flipped out of it,” Ronald Brasseaux, who witnessed the incident, said. Brasseaux told WAFB that he’d felt unsafe while riding the same Ferris wheel the previous day. “They need to take this thing down,” he told the station.

Take a look:

NEW: Have you ever had that quiet fear…
Of what might happen on a Ferris wheel?

That fear became reality today in Louisiana.

Two young girls. Both under 13. Were thrown from a Ferris wheel basket at the Harvest Festival in New Roads.

One had to be airlifted. The ride… pic.twitter.com/zZcfolcKXw

— Desiree (@DesireeAmerica4) November 3, 2025

NBC News reported the girls are expected to survive:

It’s unclear what caused the bucket the girls were sitting in to suddenly tip upside down, Sheriff Thibodeaux told NBC News.

Both were taken to the Children’s Hospital in Baton Rouge for their injuries. Though the extent of injuries was not disclosed, they are expected to survive.

After the incident, all the rides at the Harvest Festival were temporarily shut down.

The Louisiana State Fire Marshals inspected the rides, and all were reopened except the Ferris wheel, which remains shuttered.

Video of the incident suggests a mechanical failure in the part that holds the children in their seats may be to blame, the sheriff said.

The Louisiana Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the incident.

The festival, which runs from Friday to Sunday, celebrates agriculture and community and includes food, live music, and rides, according to its website.

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