State shuts down multiple rides at Bartow County Fair

CARTERSVILLE, GA (CBS46) – Investigators tried to determine why the Orient Express roller coaster malfunctioned in Cartersville, causing a moment of chaos.

“My kids always want to go to it, but now I feel it isn’t safe,” Eyewitness Randi McCoy said.

McCoy said her children rode the roller coaster just minutes before the incident.

“Everybody was screaming, hollering and running and the only thing I could do was grab my two little girls and move out of the way of the chaos,” McCoy said.

“I saw the ride tipped over and I saw people jumping off and pulling their kids off,” Eyewitness Whitney Castro said.

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