Emergency officials in California say a carnival ride has collapsed at a fairgrounds, injuring three people severely.
Dennis Townsend, a chief with the California state fire department said 14 other fairgoers suffered minor injuries after the swing ride collapsed shortly after 6pm Friday.
He said the ride had arms that fling out as they spun around an axis.
Susan Leininger, a supervisor at Mark Twain Hospital in San Andreas, said the hospital had been told it would receive patients, but it had not been told how many.