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Two men have each been fined £2000 after 10 people were hurt following the collapse of a fairground ride in Suffolk. Fairground owner Walter Shufflebottom was found guilty of failing to properly maintain the fairground, while Inspector Frederick Meakin, of the Fairground Inspection Services in Leicestershire, had examined the ride on which the incident occurred on two occasions.<\/p>\n
According to the BBC, both men admitted safety breaches over the incident, which occurred in Long Melford in November 2007.<\/p>\n
The incident involved several cars on the Hellraiser ride coming loose and crashing in to each other<\/strong>. One of the injured parties, a woman aged 24, suffered multiple injuries including broken ribs. Judge David Goodin, of Ipswich Crown Court, stated that Shufflebottom and Meakin had “sacrificed safety for commercial gain” and that the ride itself was \u201criddled with defects arising from its age and from inadequate or botched running of the repairs.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr Meakin had declared the ride as operational four months prior to the accident and following the hearing Health and Safety Executive inspector Martin Kneebone commented \u201cThis incident could have proved fatal.<\/p>\n
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