Overview
- The 60-foot ride, which failed Wednesday at the Bhainsaha Mela in Kushinagar, injured at least 30 people with about 10 in critical condition.
- Cell-phone video shows the wheel tilting as support posts gave way, with riders still seated when the structure crashed.
- Local reports describe up to about 80 riders, creaking after two rotations, with the operator keeping it running despite warnings.
- Police said rescuers arrived quickly, freed people in about an hour, then sent the injured to nearby hospitals.
- The collapse spotlights recurring risks at temporary rural fairs that use on-site assembled rides with patchy oversight, a pattern seen in a recent Madhya Pradesh ride failure.