A Montana boy dies after being flung from a carnival ride in Butte, according to a lawsuit reported by multiple outlets. The complaint alleges the ride operator did not have required safety restraints in place on chairs during operation, and that this failure contributed to the fatal crash.
The suit contends the Yo-Yo ride was operating with missing restraints on at least 10 chairs before the incident. Fox News reports the allegation that workers continued operating the ride despite the missing safety equipment.
Yahoo News’s reporting references the same event and lawsuit but provides less detail in the material provided for this brief. Overall, the core dispute across sources centers on whether safety restraints were missing and whether the ride was still run under those conditions prior to the boy’s death.
