2 boys charged after swings go out of control, hurt 3 people at Georgia fairgrounds

Two 13-year-old boys face charges after deputies say three people were hurt when a swing ride went “out of control.”

The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said the incident happened Saturday at the Columbia County fairgrounds in Grovetown.

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A witness told deputies that she saw two boys twisting and turning the swings around and pushing each other’s swings together after staff warned them not to. Their swings got tangled and caused other swings to go out of control and hit the three people, the report says.

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A 25-year-old woman had a severe cut to the top of her head. Paramedics treated two girls with minor injuries and turned them over to their grandmother.

Deputies charged both 13-year-olds with unruly child charges and released them to their families, deputies said.

The Georgia Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire inspected the ride and it remains out of service until the inspection report is completed, according to the sheriff’s office.

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