Shocking footage shows a popular ride going out of control at a theme park in the US after two teenagers allegedly tampered with the swings.
The two 13-year-olds were on a swing ride at the Columbia County fair in New York when they allegedly grabbed onto one another despite warnings from staff.
Video footage posted to social media by a mother who said her children were on the attraction shows two riders in separate swings appearing to hold onto each other.
Just as the ride begins to slow down to come to an end, each of the swings with riders seated start to lose control.
Screams can be heard before one swing sways so far out, it’s no longer in the frame of the video, with some believing the person flew off the ride and landed on the ground.
The mother filming drops her phone and appears to rush over to help the injured passenger as screams continue in the background.
According to local reports, a woman was injured when swings collided and left the fairground in an ambulance, while two children were treated for minor injuries.
The two teens have since been charged with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office saying they believe the act was intentional to cause the ride to lose control.
The duo received paperwork describing their charges and were allowed to leave with their parents, according to Live 5 WCSC, a South Carolina outlet.
Kristen Murphy, whose teens were on the ride, said she wanted to get to her children as the ride was in motion.
“Once we did get it stopped and I was able to get to my kids, that’s when we noticed that there were some pretty severe injuries,” she told the publication.
