Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
July 8, 2024 at 3:30 PM. A survivor of the Fire Ball ride tragedy at the 2017 Ohio State Fair that killed one Ohioan and resulted in serious injures to several others has been awarded a ...
The Ohio State Fair is one of the largest state fairs in the United States, held in Columbus, Ohio during late July through early August. As estimated in a 2011 economic impact study conducted by Saperstein & Associates; the State Fair contributes approximately 68.5 million dollars to the state's economy. [ 3]
July 12, 2024 at 9:39 PM. Ohio State Fair officials said on Friday they are pulling an amusement ride manufactured by Netherlands-based KMG — the same company that made the Fire Ball amusement ...
58. The Indiana State Fair stage collapse was an incident during an August 13, 2011, outdoor concert by Sugarland as part of their Incredible Machine Tour at the Indiana State Fair in which a wind gust from an approaching severe thunderstorm hit the stage's temporary roof structure, causing it to collapse. The structure landed among a crowd of ...
On June 9, 1991, an intoxicated 32-year-old woman fell 60 feet (18 m) from the ride and was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. She had a blood-alcohol content of 0.30%. State investigators discovered a design flaw in the restraints that allowed limp patrons to slip out of their harness and slide to the unoccupied, adjacent seat. [162] [163 ...
In July 2017, the Fire Ball ride broke apart at the Ohio State Fair, resulting in one death and seven injuries. [4] Following the incident, the operator of the fair ride, Amusements of America, settled multiple lawsuits with the victims of the incident, including settlements for 1.7 million and 1.3 million dollars.
Community applauds state trooper after rescuing a family's runaway dog at Ohio State Fair last week. ... He has been trained in crash investigation, criminal and traffic law, detection of impaired ...