Tim Davis said a basket reportedly overturned on a Greene County Fair ride and dumped the occupants out. Story highlights Three girls were riding on Ferris wheelAccident follows death of 10-year-old boy on a Kansas water ride(CNN) Three girls were injured after they fell from a Ferris wheel at a county fair in eastern Tennessee, police said Monday evening. Operators finally stopped the ride after people on the ground screamed at them, Lynthacum said. Eyewitness Gregory Lynthacum said the car the girls were riding in appeared to "get caught" as the wheel lifted upward, CNN affiliate WJHL-TV reported"It was like watching water pouring from a glass," Lynthacum told the station. "They bounced off the metal bridging of the ride and eventually hit the ground."

Source: CNN August 09, 2016 02:15 UTC