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Old 05-16-2004, 09:20 PM  
Rictor
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This is why you shouldn't let your kids ride summer carnival rides

Take them to a real amusement park like Six Flags or Disney where there are some safey protocols, not the local county fair where the rides are put together by carnies and local teenagers.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wi...-regional-wire


Carnival ride operator arrested after 3-year-old falls

May 16, 2004, 12:44 PM EDT


MANCHESTER, Conn. -- The operator of a carnival ride was drunk when a three-year-old fell off and injured himself, police said.

The boy was on the "Yo-Yo" swing ride around 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Coleman Brothers carnival at the Manchester Parkade when he fell from the swing, landing on concrete pavement.

He was taken to the Hartford Hospital, where he was treated for cuts and abrasions and released at 11 p.m.

Ride operator Kenneth Manachio, 34, of Bristol was under the influence of alcohol and uncooperative with investigating officers, police said.

He was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment in the first and second degrees, risk of injury to a minor and interfering with police. He is being held on a $50,000 bond.

Officials shut down the ride pending an investigation.
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