Girl, 3, desperately clings onto Ferris wheel carriage before surviving 25ft fall
This is the moment a three-year-old toddler was left dangling after grabbing hold of a Ferris wheel gondola.
CCTV footage from Monday night shows Kanchaya Phoyen watching the ride go around at the bottom before she grabs a metal bar.
With remarkable strength she manages to cling onto the ride at Liab Duan Market in Bangkok, Thailand, until it reaches the top.
She then dropped 25ft to the ground but was saved after she fell on one of the gondola roofs.
Kanchaya was taken to hospital but survived.
Paramedic Paitoon Saithong who took the girl to hospital said: ‘The Ferris wheel is quite high. She is very lucky to survive such a fall. She had cuts on her head and there was a lot of blood, so she was scared but the injuries were not serious. She was not unconscious.’
No action has been taken against the fairground owners and the parents have not made a complaint.
Police warned parents to watch out for their children near rides, and police colonel Prapas Kaewcheed said: ‘The incident was not reported to the police but we were told about the situation and looked into it. We later learned that the girl is recovering.
‘When we checked, we found that she climbed onto the Ferris wheel herself. There was nothing that the ride operator could do to prevent the accident. The parents accepted responsibility.
‘I hope this serves as a lesson to parents to always keep a close eye on their children.’
On another ride in Canada, people were left dangling in mid-air on a pendulum ride for almost an hour and a half.
The Lumberjack in Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, became ‘inverted’ as footage showed the ride stuck upwards at a 180°C angle.
People on the ride described how tears streamed back into their eyes.
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