18 Trapped Upside Down On Fireworks Show Ride Passengers Are Rescued

November 6, 2006 A bonfire night celebration turned to terror for 18 people last night when a fairground ride jammed, trapping them upside down in their seats for up to two hours. The passengers, aged from eight to 27, were suspended in mid-air after the Move It ride at Strathclyde Park in Motherwell became stuck. Mechanics succeeded in freeing the mechanism so that the passengers could be brought upright. Firefighters from Strathclyde Fire and Rescue used lines to steady the ride and to turn it ...