Woman claims injury from Washington County Fair

A local mother claims she was hurt when a ride at the Washington County Fair malfunctioned.

One young girl says she was hurt so badly, she was brought to Children’s Hospital to be checked out.

Another mother says her children were traumatized seeing blood run down their mother’s face.

“I've never seen so much blood,” said Jamie Mead, who was getting off the Tilt-a-Whirl Saturday at the fair. “I bent down to get the shoes, ride tilted, and busted my whole nose completely down.

She says the metal rod going across her lap that lifted up to let her out, fell back down.

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Mead says her children were scared, but luckily a stranger helped her get to paramedics.

She fought back tears saying it could've been worse.

“What if I was facing a different way, it could've been my kids,” Mead said.

Fair officials also confirmed a Facebook post showing a girl lying in the hospital in a neck brace.

Channel 11 is not using her name and are blurring her face, but she says she wasn't strapped into the High Flyer ride properly and hit her head, almost fell out and had whiplash and a concussion.

She wrote she passed out and is still in the neck brace.

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Mead spoke to her a few days ago.

“They just kept going and people were yelling,” Mead said. “When she got off the ride she passed out and has a minor concussion.”

Fair officials tell Channel 11 all the rides passed inspection before the fair started and after each incident, the rides were shut down and inspected, as per protocol, and both were deemed safe.

Mead says she won't be going on fair rides any time soon.

Channel 11 also contacted Powers and Thomas Amusement Company that contracts with the fair for a comment.

They have not responded.

This is the second year there have been rides at the fair.

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