A dozen children were injured when a kiddie swing ride suddenly lost power and flung them into each other at the Oyster Festival in Connecticut on Sunday.
At least one adult also was hurt after the “Zumur” ride came to an abrupt halt at the Norwalk event, police said.
None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening, but at least one child was bleeding from a head injury, according to Norwalk Police Chief Thomas Kulhawik.
Most of the kids suffered minor cuts and bruises and were treated at a hospital and released, police said. The adult also was treated and released.
One person was admitted with non-life-threatening injuries.
The owner of the ride said he was trying to determine what happened.
“We’re cooperating with the investigation. We’re trying to find out what went wrong,” said Richard Stewart, who runs Stewart Amusement.
The festival’s organizer, the nonprofit Norwalk Seaport Association, said it directed Stewart Amusement to shut down the entire ride area until state inspectors completed a check.
The other rides later reopened, and the rest of the festival remained open on its third and final day.
Stewart Amusement’s rides are inspected by its own staff every day, by state and local inspectors weekly, and by engineers and insurance inspectors each year, according to its Web site.
It says it has provided rides at events since 1983 at events in Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut and also in Westchester and Putnam counties in New York.