Carnival ride collapses in California; 24 injured!!!

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05-17-2008, 06:28 AM

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Carnival ride collapses in California; 24 injured!!!

i had just seen this ride and people i knew getting on it, 20 minutes before this happened at my county fair yesterday!

freakin sad..

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24676229

05-17-2008, 07:05 AM

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..... hope everyone recovers soon!!

05-17-2008, 07:54 AM

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ya... some girls right side of her face was torn off and her ear was hanging on by threads of skin... and then some little boy had a piece of re bar stuck through him...

05-17-2008, 10:24 AM

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ya....glad i went to sac. i'll be there tonight for the concert and drinks

i dont think i'll be doing any rides though

05-17-2008, 02:52 PM

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lol terribly innapropriate but still oh so funny!

calaveras county made it in the top 5 yahoo and aol news searches! woot woot!

05-17-2008, 05:58 PM

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I know, I went on a limb to post that. But every time I hear carnival I think of 'ol Joe Dirt. lol

05-18-2008, 12:56 AM

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yes. we have some of those people up here!

05-18-2008, 01:02 AM

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that is why i don't go to those places or even get on those rides.

05-18-2008, 12:20 PM

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ya... i went for the tuff truck competition and the destruction derby that im in today!

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i had just seen this ride and people i knew getting on it, 20 minutes before this happened at my county fair yesterday!

freakin sad..

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24676229

i saw it on my verizon news yesterday morning when i first got up. i was on my way out of town and i was like wrxisthebest was just talking about the leap frog festivle of something. glad you werent on there. i hope everyone recovers ok.