YARMOUTH, N.S. -- Four people went to hospital Tuesday after a popular ride at the Western Nova Scotia Exhibition malfunctioned in Yarmouth.
RCMP say that metal pieces connected to a seat on a ride called "The Scrambler" came loose.
Corp. Jen Clarke says pieces struck two children on another seat and the ride then stopped abruptly.
Police say two young children were transported by ambulance to the Yarmouth Hospital as a precaution.
The woman and a 10-year-old boy who were in the broken seat were taken by family members to the hospital later on.
All four of the people who went to hospital were treated for minor injuries and released.
However, Larry Buchanan says the incident was very frightening for his two daughters.
He says his youngest daughter, four-and-a-half year old Sophie, was cut on the head and his eight-year-old daughter Paris was injured on the chin.
"She was fit to be tied. She was pretty worked up. My daughter Paris was very emotional from hitting her chin. She was of course worried for her sister because she was bleeding from the head," he said.
"She says they will no longer go back to the exhibition."
Buchanan said the ride stopped very abruptly after the malfunction, throwing passengers against the bars.
"It (the ride) took a full stop. It was in full motion," he said.
The Elevators and Lifts division of the Nova Scotia Department of Labour will be investigating the incident.
