Two women have been taken to hospital after a fairground ride "failed and crashed" in Birmingham city centre. West Midlands Fire Service said the ride had "dropped to ground level whilst in operation" in Centenary Square. Images taken by the BBC show wires from at least two gondolas on the 55m tall City Flyer ride [...]
A Florida jury has ordered an amusement ride manufacturer pay $310m (£243m) to the family of a teenage boy who fell to his death on their drop ride at an Orlando theme park in 2022. Tyre Sampson weighed 43kg (94lbs) more than the ride's 129kg limit, when he plunged 30m (98ft) from the ride, which [...]
On September 29, police in District 11 of Ho Chi Minh City continued their investigation into a stage collapse at the Miss Cosmo 2024 event held at the Phu Tho Gymnasium, which resulted in injuries to one person. The incident occurred on the afternoon of September 28, as technical staff were finalizing the main stage [...]
Coldplay front man Chris Martin took a dramatic tumble during a show in Australia before emerging apparently unhurt from a hole in the stage. Video of the incident posted to social media showed Martin addressing the crowd at the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on Sunday as he walked around during a break between songs, before [...]
Ayres Sasaki, a 35-year-old Brazilian rock singer, died of electrocution during a live performance on July 13, as per a report in the Independent. The incident took place at the Solar Hotel in Salinopolis. The singer touched a soaking-wet fan, which triggered an electric shock, killing him. The reason the fan was wet is still [...]
Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau had a close brush with tragedy during his concert in Shanghai. The singer-actor faced not one but two near-miss accidents that left the audience in shock. In one instance, Lau was accompanying a female dancer towards a lift platform. As the dancer descended, Lau mistakenly stepped onto the platform despite [...]
Slovakia’s Pohoda Festival has been cancelled halfway through after one of the tent stages collapsed. 29 people were injured as a result of the accident, forcing the festival to close its doors early. Nearly 30,000 people attended the festival, which is held in the north of Slovakia, right next to the new Trenčín airport. The [...]
Eight carnival-goers in the United States, including seven children, were left hanging upside down on a roller coaster that malfunctioned for at least three hours on Sunday. While none of them were injured, all were taken to the hospital. The mechanical failure happened on the last day of the Forest County Festival in Crandon town, [...]
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Emergency crews in Oregon rescued 28 people on Friday after they were stuck for about half an hour dangling upside down high on a ride at a century-old amusement park. Portland fire and rescue said on the social platform X that firefighters worked with engineers at Oaks Park to manually lower the ride, but crews [...]
