Youth Killed, 2 Hurt in Ferris Wheel Accident
Associated Press
MYRTLE BEACH, S. C. —
A Ferris wheel cab tipped over when youths rocked it, causing a chain-reaction accident that killed a 17-year-old boy and injured two girls, authorities said Sunday.
Ronald Turner of Wilmington, N.C., and his sister, Crystal, 12, fell into another cab Saturday night, tipping it over and knocking another girl about 30 feet to the ground with them, an official at the Pavilion of Myrtle Beach amusement park said.
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