Tragedy: 10-Year-Old Thrown to Death off Carnival Ride

A carnival ride in southern New Jersey ejected a 10-year-old girl to her death over the weekend.

The ride called the Wisdom Super Sizzler “Extreme,” threw out the little girl, Hailey McMullen, on Saturday evening at the Deerfield Township Harvest Festival in Cumberland County. The child was airlifted to Cooper University hospital, where she was pronounced dead, KLFY-TV reported.

Investigations on the ride and how the accident occurred are underway, with police describing its function as one that spins passengers in a horizontal circle, with the ride also known as a “dizzy-go-round” or “The Scrambler.”

The ride has been dismantled until the Division of Community Affairs, the department responsible for inspections and permits on the ride, have completed their investigation, although the company providing the rides has no clue on how it could have happened, saying that the “Extreme” ride hasn’t had a major incident in its 27 years of operation.

The company also expressed sympathy and offered condolences in a Facebook post:

“We are absolutely heartbroken. Words cannot express our feelings and we extend our deepest sympathies to the individual’s family and loved ones. We ask that you keep them in your thoughts.”

A second statement from the company revealed that they have received permission to continue operating other rides, however, they canceled the Sunday parade and chose not to reopen, saying “we don’t have it in our heart.”