A family from Bury said they experienced ‘one thing after another’ after facing a 16-hour flight delay as they tried to get home from a 12-day holiday in Turkey.
25.05.2022 - 14:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A woman was left badly injured being thrown off a fairground ride while on holiday in Turkey. Meliisa Hunter suffered a broken nose and needed stitches in her head, knee and elbow and blood transfusions after the fall.
She was on a two-week trip with her friend when they decided to go on a Waltzer-type ride on May 21. But what was meant to be a fun ride turned into a nightmare, as the 35-year-old said she was flung off the attraction.
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Melissa said she wanted to share her story to warn others of the possible dangers of amusement rides abroad. She told the Echo : "The only way I can describe is the seats are like the Waltzers which has a seat and a bar which goes down, they were like in a row behind each other in the circle. So the ride goes round and round and then tips on a slant, so you're kind of sideways.
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Describing the ride operator, she explained: "He's like laughing and we're laughing at first. Then he started turning it up so it's going faster and faster. And because of the g-force or whatever, I am on the outside of the carriage and my friend is on the inside because she is smaller then me, she is sort of leaning into me.
"So we're going round and laughing then he stops so we think he's finished. Then he looks at us again and he turns it on backwards, so we're going backwards. Then he turns it up, so we're forward again and turns it right up and he's laughing.
"At this point I am screaming and I am saying to Terri 'I can't breathe, I can't breathe' and she is trying to drag herself back to her side of the carriage but she can't because he was
A family from Bury said they experienced ‘one thing after another’ after facing a 16-hour flight delay as they tried to get home from a 12-day holiday in Turkey.
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