Teenagers injured in fairground ride accident in Leicester

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.