NC ride operator arrested...

[Archae]

Apparently the shithead turned off or disconnected the safety devices on the ride.

The operator of a ride at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh that injured five people when it started to move as riders were exiting has been arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, the Wake County sheriff said tonight.

Sheriff Donnie Harrison said the ride had been tampered with after an inspection that was carried out Monday, and he expected that there would be more arrests.

Timothy Dwayne Tutterrow, 46, of Georgia is facing three felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury, the sheriff said.

"After inspection of the ride, we determined that it had been tampered with and critical safety devices were compromised," Harrison said.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/nc-ride-operator-charged-assault-deadly-weapon/story?id=20692984

[msanthrope]

1. Carnies...gotta watch 'em.

[Archae]

2. I worked for a traveling carney operator.

I never saw anything illegal, well, maybe some smoking weed, but that's all.

The hardest part in the setup was the bumper cars.
Those big metal plates are HEAVY!