Collapse At Angels Camp

י'ב באייר תשס"ח
Mab 13

Central Yo-Yo Pole Collapses, Failing To Support Riders
Foxnews

ANGELS CAMP, Calif. — A carnival ride at the annual fair celebrating the popular Calaveras County jumping frog contest collapsed Friday, injuring all 24 people aboard.

Three were airlifted to hospitals in Modesto and Sacramento, but the extent of the injuries was not immediately known, said Sgt. Dave Seawell, a spokesman for the Calaveras County Sheriff's Department.

Most of the riders were children, and all were injured, he said.

The carnival ride, called the Yo-Yo, collapsed shortly after 6 p.m. Friday at the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee, about 80 miles southeast of Sacramento.

The ride has metal arms, each with a seat at the end attached by a chain, that swing outward as the ride picks up speed. The arms rise and fall as they spin around a center pole, putting the seats horizontal to the ground.

The pole apparently collapsed, causing the arms to crash back toward the center, said Dennis Townsend, a chief in the Calaveras County unit of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention.

"The mechanism that lifts the people is the one that collapsed," he said.

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On an opposite note, erev Shabbat, I indelibly colored and consecrated my magic staff of beauty, which stands at the foot of my bed, with דת.

Shaped in the form of a tzadi sofit (ץ) and the Bardic u/s, near each of the upper two points of my staff are inscribed the letters יה, which together form the Divine Name יהיה.