Fairground Ride Accident

Kevin Bennett, who was worked as a security guard for the Billy Bates & Sons Funfair for more than 30 years, says he's never known there to be an accident in all of that time.

The Health & Safety executive have confirmed they are investigating the fairground accident in Leicester and have issued the following statement.

Kennedy Bates, a director at Billy Bates & Sons Funfair, talks through the accident in his own words.

He describes hearing a load bang and a panic when people on the ride realised what had happened.

Two teenagers are in hospital after a carriage fell off the moving ride in Abbey Park in Leicester.

The ride which was involved in the accident has been removed and taken away for an inspection by the Health and Safety Executive.

Two teenage boys were thrown from a loose carriage while the ride was moving and are both being treated at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.

One suffered a broken arm and broken ribs, and another a chipped tooth when they were dragged around by the ride.

Two teenage boys have been hurt after a carriage fell from a fairground ride while it was spinning around.

The boys were thrown through the air when the ride broke at the Billy Bates fun fair in Abbey Park on Saturday evening.

They both had to be taken to hospital.

Police were called by the ambulance service at 6:16pm, after reports two people were injured on the ride.

The Health & Safety Executive visited the site that evening and issued a prohibition notice on the ride, and it was dismantled and taken away to be investigated.