Another Child Injured on Philadelphia Area Amusement Ride
Five people were injured last weekend on a ride at a New Jersey beach front Amusement park. The accident occurred just ten weeks after Abiah Jones, an 11-year-old girl from Philadelphia, was killed after falling from the Giant Wheel at Morey’s Pier in Wildwood, NJ.
Police were called to Mariner’s Landing in response to a “partial ride collapse” at around 9:15 p.m. on Friday August 19th. Police arrived to an eerie scene. The entire center mast of the Sea Dragon ride had snapped while the ride was in motion.
It was extremely fortunate, that although five passengers suffered injuries, no one was killed by the amusement ride malfunction. One 13-year-old boy’s injuries were so severe that he had to be transported to Cape Regional Medical Center for treatment while the other four injured passengers were able to be treated by fire and rescue teams at the scene.
Shirley Taylor, a Philadelphia resident, who was spending her last moments of her summer vacation at the seaside resort, told reporters “It’s a bad tragedy; an accident… [The Sea Dragon is] one of my favorite rides,”
Morey’s Pier offered an official statement saying that “…a section of steel scenery became detached from the Sea Dragon attraction on Mariner’s Landing and struck at least one rider…” Local and state authorities are continuing an investigation into the accident.
