Yahoo News Girl, 10, dies after horror fall from ride at festival in New Jersey
A 10-year-old girl has died after plunging from an amusement park ride at a harvest festival in southern New Jersey, authorities said.
State police said troopers were called to the Deerfield Township Harvest Festival in Cumberland County on Saturday evening, after the girl was "ejected" from a Wisdom Super Sizzler "Extreme" ride.
The girl was airlifted to Cooper University hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
The cause and circumstances of her death remain under investigation.
The festival said on its website that rides were provided by Skelly's Amusements, which on its Facebook page that it was "absolutely heartbroken" by the death and cooperating with investigators.
A later statement added: "We will not be open today at the Harvest Festival.
"Even though we have been given permission to operate the other rides by the state, we don’t have it in our heart."
Additional reporting by agencies.
