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23 People Injured In Calif. Carnival Ride Accident

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California fairgoers injured when ride collapses

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May 17, 2008
        

Emergency officials say a carnival ride has collapsed at a fairgrounds, injuring three people severely. Dennis Townsend, a chief with the California state fire department, told The Associated Press that 14 other fairgoers suffered minor injuries after the swing ride collapsed shortly after 6 p.m....

                   

Carnival accident injures 18 people in California

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May 17, 2008
        

A carnival ride collapsed Friday evening at the Calaveras County Fairgrounds in California injuring 18 people. Capt. Andrew Murphy from Cal Fire said two people in serious condition were transported to a hospital by helicopter. A witness told the NBC station in Sacramento that it was on a swing...

                   

Three severely injured in collapse of carnival ride

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May 17, 2008
        

ANGELS CAMP, Calif. -- Three people attending the annual fair celebrating the popular Calaveras County jumping frog contest were seriously injured Friday during the collapse of a carnival ride. Another 14 riders also were hurt, but their injuries were considered minor, said Dennis Townsend, a...

                   

Calaveras County Fair Ride Collapse Injures 17

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May 17, 2008
        

ANGELS CAMP (AP) ― Emergency officials say three people have been severely injured in the collapse of a carnival ride at the fairgrounds hosting an annual jumping frog contest. Dennis Townsend, a chief with the California state fire department, told The Associated Press another 14 fairgoers...

                   

Northern Calif. fairgoers injured when ride collapses

sacbee.com
May 17, 2008
        

ANGELS CAMP, Calif. -- Emergency officials say three people have been severely injured in the collapse of a carnival ride at the fairgrounds hosting an annual jumping frog contest. Dennis Townsend, a chief with the California state fire department, told The Associated Press another 14 fairgoers...

                   

Unregistered Sex Offenders Arrested Working at Carnival W/ Update

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May 17, 2008
        

Two individuals were arrested in Calaveras County California while working at the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee. The two men arrested at the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee were both working for the company providing the carnival rides and both were sex offenders,...

                   

24 injured as carnival ride at fair collapses

scotsman.com
May 17, 2008
        

California: Twenty-four people were injured, three of them seriously, when a carnival ride carrying mostly children collapsed at a fair early today. The badly hurt were airlifted to hospitals in Modesto and Sacramento. All the children on the ride were injured in some way in the incident....

                   

24 injured as carnival ride collapses in Sierra foothills

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May 16, 2008
        

ANGELS CAMP, Calif. (AP) — A carnival ride at the annual fair celebrating the popular Calaveras County jumping frog contest collapsed Friday, injuring all 24 people aboard. Three were airlifted to hospitals in Modesto and Sacramento, but the extent of the injuries was not immediately known, said...

               

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