Posted on 07/26/2015 3:24:50 PM PDT by markomalley
A swing ride at Beech Bend Amusement Park toppled over Saturday evening resulting in injuries to multiple people, none of whom is critical.
The Warren County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to the park at 6:18 p.m. along with The Medical Center Emergency Medical Services ambulances to evaluate the injured.
Eight people were taken by ambulance to the ER at The Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Glenda Chu said. The emergency room Saturday was preparing to receive up to 10 more patients who were expected to arrive in private vehicles.
"We responded with EMS, fire and emergency management to Beech Bend Park for the swing ride ... ," sheriff's office spokesman Stephen Harmon said.
Deputy Lydell Hopkins said the ride, called the Jitterbug, "turned over."
Warren County Rescue Department Interim Chief Vince Willingham was enjoying a day at the amusement park with his wife and 3-year-old child when the incident occurred.
"I heard a bunch of crashing," Willingham said. "I didn't see anything until it had stopped.
"The whole swing was toppled on its side," he said. "When I got there, there were still three people in their seats that couldn't get out.
"It just looked like it had fallen on its side," Willingham said.
By the time he got to the ride, several park employees and lifeguards were helping the injured, he said.
Willingham and several others worked to free the trapped riders from their seats. The freed all appeared to Willingham to have contusions, but no severe injuries.
"The people on the ride were shaken up," Willingham said. "Several of them had family members who were upset because they didn't know how bad the injuries were.
"Everybody was alert and responsive," Willingham said about the people injured.
The sheriff's office provided crowd control so emergency medical providers could get to the injured.
"For as many people as there were on the scene, it was pretty well controlled," Willingham said.
The sheriff's office is not responsible for investigating the incident, Hopkins said. A park employee told him the state agency that oversees amusement park rides was notified.
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture Division of Regulation and Inspection is responsible for the inspection of amusement park rides to ensure the safety of the equipment, according to the department's website. No one with that office could be reached Saturday night.
A park employee said a supervisor would call the Daily News sometime Saturday night.
Should have balanced the load with a few hogs. ;-)
Started by W.S. Stuckey. Sold to Pet, which ran it into the ground through corporate mismanagement. (Pet grew the chain from about 350 locations to 75.) Repurchased by the original Stuckey’s son after he retired from Congress; he’s managed to slowly undo the damage and grow the chain.
Good for him. I’ve seen a lot of corporate mismanagement in 40 years of work. It just takes one guy with common sense to fix it.
Oops. You are correct.
No biggie. My FIL is a Hilltopper (WKyU in Bowling Green, KY), and my late cousin got his undergrad at BGSU in Bowling Green, OH. So I’m familiar w/ both.
Must have been some really toked up bus driver if he managed to go through those three places on a route from Michigan to Columbus...
Depending on how many centuries ago you're talking, I would bet that the route took you down US 25 and then cut off in Findlay on Blanchard Ave. to pick up US 23 in Carey... Maybe BG, Findlay, Carey, Upper Sandusky on a routing to Columbus, but Tiffin? I didn't think the Silver Dog had that strange a a routing..
However, you are correct that there wasn't much going on in those towns, or any other in the area. ;-) (Of course, you might have visited Tiffin on your own to take in the sightseeing tour of the Olde Mill Stream..)
Umm...
The Old Mill Stream is the Blanchard River and it’s in Findlay. Don’t know why I was thinking that it was in Tiffin. Matter of fact, I’m having a problem coming up with anything Tiffin is noted for, other than Ballreich’s Potato Chips..
My brain leaks more now than it did back when I lived in those parts. I blame the air here. Or maybe it’s the concentration of liberals...
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