Overview
- A part described variously as a rod, bucket or trolley detached from a Ferris-wheel-type ride at the Sawan Mahotsav in Indiranagar and struck bystanders, injuring five people.
- Two teenage girls, aged 14 and 16, were taken to nearby Sushma Hospital and remain under treatment with one reported to have multiple fractures while three others received first aid and were discharged.
- Witnesses and family members say passengers shouted for the ride to be stopped and that the operator delayed halting the machine, and they allege a fair organiser who was at the scene left the area.
- Video and eyewitness accounts of the incident circulated on social media and were shown to police, who were alerted around 8 pm on Tuesday and have registered a case and begun collecting medical and on-site evidence.
- Temporary fair rides are often run under short-term contracts with uneven oversight, and authorities say the technical cause and any legal or administrative action will depend on the ongoing police and engineering investigations.