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Carnival closes after waltzer car crashes off track with children inside
A carnival has closed down after a waltzer car broke off its track and crashed, with three children inside.
No one was seriously injured in the incident, which occurred at the Galactic Carnival fairground in Edinburgh's Wester Hailes on Saturday evening. Dad Kevin McNulty, whose children aged 13, 12, and seven were inside the car, said the ride was going "full pelt" when the carriage separated from the carousel and crashed into one he was riding in, before sliding into a speaker.
One of the children was filming at the time, with the video capturing the youngsters' screams during the crash. Posting on Facebook, Mr McNulty said: "Thankfully there was a heavy large speaker that they collided with or they would have been through the whole thing and then the ending would have been a completely different story - a thought I can't stop thinking about." He added: "My kids are very, very lucky that they managed to get out of this still walking." The carnival had been scheduled to run between 2-25 May, but organisers have pulled the plug on the festivities amid an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
In a Facebook post signed by the "Galactic Carnival team.
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