Two adults and one child were hospitalized after their gondola, designed to look like a basket attached to a hot air balloon, fell approximately 30 feet (10 m) to the ground. Source
May
Crazy Mouse, Foire du Trone, Paris, France
A 40-year-old employee at the giant Parisian funfair died after being hit by a car of the Zamperla wild mouse coaster he was working on. Source
Water Slide, Kenjeran Park, Surabaya, Indonesia
An overloaded water slide snapped in half and crashed 30 feet (9 m) to the ground. Of the 16 people who were trapped inside the slide, eight were taken to a nearby hospital and three of them suffered broken bones. The park said that the attraction had worn out and weakened over time. Source
Giant Wheel, Gillian’s Wonderland Pier, Ocean City, New Jersey
A 62-year-man fell to his death from an aerial mobile lift while repairing the 144 feet (44 m) tall Jersey Shore Ferris Wheel. The subcontractor had finished working on the attraction and was beginning to lower and relocate the lift when the concrete that it was parked on gave way. Source
