Overview
- Sheriff Rene Thibodeaux confirmed two girls, about 11 and 13, were thrown from a Ferris wheel cabin at the New Roads Harvest Festival.
- One child was airlifted and both were taken to Children’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, with media reporting fractures and a possible brain hemorrhage.
- Witnesses said the cabin tipped or became stuck at an angle while the wheel moved, and a third child held on and remained suspended.
- The two injured girls fell roughly six meters onto a steel platform, according to accounts cited by local outlets.
- The Louisiana Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Pointe Coupee Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation, closing the Ferris wheel and one nearby ride while other festival activities resumed.