Two people were injured when a ride collapsed at Britain's oldest theme park.
A witness to Black Gang on the Isle of Wight states that he saw a shipwreck suddenly tilt to one side at Chine Amusement Park.
Screaming children and adult thrill-seekers desperately tried to climb to safety as shocked onlookers climbed to the rescue of others trapped.
Two men were taken to hospital, one with a leg injury and the other with shoulder pain.
Fortunately, no one was seriously injured.
The incident occurred on Monday at his 1843 theme park in Blackgang, near Ventner. The park was closed all day but reopened on Tuesday.
Her two brothers-in-law of Ellie Westlake were those injured in magic carpet-style attractions.
She said: "My family, including a 3-year-old child, was on board and it started making strange noises.
"It collapsed and everyone was on one side. I fell over and was crushed.”
Ellie, from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, continued. She grabbed my nephew and pulled everyone else out of her vehicle.
"After everyone left, I noticed that my 20-year-old brother-in-law hurt his leg and couldn't move it, and he couldn't feel anything in his left leg.
One brother-in-law did something to his shoulder and they were both rushed to St. Mary's Hospital in Newport.
and hurt my shoulders and neck.”
Samantha Downham was also in the vehicle at the time.
She said:
"A woman started screaming when I thought she was part of the vehicle. I think she had her arm between the side of the vehicle and the barrier.
Alice Bury's Mark Duncan witnessed the panic that ensued.
He said:
"Everyone on board was immediately thrown to the left side and strangled very tightly.
"There were many screams of terror, and one girl was completely hysterical even after her feet hit the hard ground.
"She saw the ride. My wife, daughter and grandson had been on the ride 20 minutes earlier and heard a loud squeak.
I could hear it clearly even when I was standing."
A spokesperson for Blackgang Chine said: I'm here.
"Our team responded quickly to the incident and all guests were evacuated quickly and safely.
"The safe performance of our vehicles is our
"We can confirm that no one was seriously injured and an NHS ambulance was dispatched to the scene."
Wight A spokesperson for the island's NHS Trust Ambulance said:
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