Terrified Edinburgh dad watched as his children 'flew off Waltzers' at carnival
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A dad who brought his family to a fairground in Edinburgh has spoken of his horror after he watched his children 'fly completely off' a ride.
Kevin McNulty, his partner Brooke, and their three children were at Galactic Carnival Festival in Wester Hailes on Saturday night. At around 7pm, the family went on the Waltzers - with the kids in one car and Kevin and Brooke just behind them.
In a horrifying clip taken by one of the children, the ride went wrong and they were 'thrown off'. Kevin said that the car collided with a large speaker, and things 'might have been a different story' if it hadn't.
According to the family, the Waltzers were stopped though the rest of the rides continued on. Kevin believes the fairground should have been shut down for an investigation, adding: "My kids are very very lucky that they managed to get out of this still walking."
Speaking with Edinburgh Live, Kevin said: "They're very shaken up and a bit sore. They're quite shocked after what's just happened, but apart from that they're actually not too bad.
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"It was all quite crazy. The security guards came out quickly and said the manager would be down. There was no 'I'll go get him'.
"The manager never really spoke to us, he was more concerned about the nuts and bolts lying on the ground. I heard him say to his staff, 'get them off the ground before they take pictures'.
"They ushered us away, saying they would walk us up to the main office.
(Image: Kevin McNulty)
"My daughter heard somebody say, oh, give them an ice pack. Then he came back and I was like, where's the ice pack?
"They said 'oh we didn't have an ice pack'. We walked up to the main reception and a woman came out who was then apparently the manager."
Kevin and his family claim they were then offered a refund, before he took the children to A&E.
He continued: "They said they would take our wristbands off and said 'do you want a refund'. I thought, yeah, of course.
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"We just wanted out. We didn't want to be there after what happened.
"We took the kids to A&E to get them checked for.
"The fact that they just kept running as if nothing had happened is pretty shocking. They tried to clean up the nuts and bolts mess, and tried to clean up all the evidence, by the time the police got there but we had already taken pictures and we had the video."
The organisers of Galactic Carnival Festival have been approached for comment.
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