A young boy was flung from a high-speed carousel in the Philippines during Halloween celebrations and lost his lung, after crashing into a steel pole.
Mark Fajardo, 13, was on the 'wave swinger' ride in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan province in the Philippines on November 1 when the ride began to accelerate.
Onlookers screamed in awe at how fun the ride looked, but their shrieks were soon replaced with cries when moments later Mr Fajardo was sent flying from his seat and slammed into a set of steel grills with a loud crash.
Bystanders rushed to the scene and he was soon admitted to hospital with serious injuries, but miraculously survived the horrific ordeal.
Mark survived, but his family said he had to undergo a pneumonectomy to remove one of his lungs due to the impact.
His mum Marivic Fajardo said: "Doctors told me he had to be careful since he now only has one lung left.
"I hope the operators won't make up stories. They're blaming my son, saying he removed the lock. Why would he do that when the ride was going so fast?"
Police Major General Ria Tacderan said officers are now investigating the ride to see why it malfunctioned, and the attraction has been suspended while investigations are ongoing.
Police said that the fairground may have to shut down if safety violations are proven.
The policeman said: "Our problem now is to see if anyone is monitoring or checking the rides before they are used."
The news comes a month after terrified theme park visitors spent around half an hour suspended in the air when a new £3 million ride lost power.
The ride Aerospace, which was installed at Barry Island Pleasure Park in Barry, Wales in July, suddenly stopped working.
Speaking about the "trip" mechanism protecting the power transformer, the park's owner Henry Danter said: "We had a new transformer in and there was a trip on it.
"I don't think the trip was set high enough.
"Maybe all the rides went on at the same time and it wasn't set high enough for the new rides that had come in. We've got a bigger trip going in next Wednesday or Thursday."
One person who was in the amusement park at the time said the people on the ride were "petrified".
Mr Danter said: "People get petrified on these rides anyway — that's the kind of rides they are."
