South Korea Ferris Wheel Mishap Kills Five
Two other family members survived.
Five family members were killed after the ferris wheel car they were riding in overturned at a South Korean amusement park, police said Monday.
The five fell 20 metres from the 66-metre-high, 42-car ferris wheel at the World Carnival mobile amusement park in the southern city of Busan.
A 68-year-old woman, a seven-year-old boy and two others died at the scene, and a 28-year-old woman died later in hospital. Two other family members riding in the car when it overturned clung to handholds and survived without injury.
Jeon Un-sung, 70, who was rescued from the car, told Yonhap news agency that "the slowly moving gondola suddenly stopped and turned upside down, and family members fell in a flash" when the window behind the seats fell out of the car.
Police were still investigating late Monday.
With files from the Associated Press
