A computer control system on the Zipper ride at 7:45 p.m. detected an anomaly and stopped the ride’s operation, said Kay Kastl of Kastl Amusements, the carnival operator, in an email.

The Ventura County Fire Department responded to the scene on Sunday at 8 p.m. after approximately 18 people got stranded in the air on the “zipper” when a mechanism on the ride failed.

18 guests at a carnival in Southern California were trapped midair after a Zipper ride malfunctioned over the weekend. The incident took place at the Conejo Valley Days carnival in Thousand Oaks ...

Carnival ride breaks down, leaving riders stranded in Ventura County by: Tony Kurzweil Posted: Jun 24, 2024 / 06:13 AM PDT Updated: Jun 24, 2024 / 06:20 AM PDT ...

The Zipper ride that malfunctioned at St. John the Beloved Church's annual carnival Tuesday night passed a safety inspection on May 24, according to documentation from the State Fire Marshal's Office.

The Zipper ride that malfunctioned at St. John the Beloved Church's annual carnival Tuesday night passed a safety inspection on May 24, according to documentation from the State Fire Marshal's Office.

A department report says Scott Huebsch, 39, who was working for Magel Carnival Midways, told Deputy Al Rensvold that he might have left a key out of the door that opened on the Zipper ride July 8 ...

The incident took place at St. John the Beloved Church’s annual carnival in Milltown Tuesday night. The malfunctioning Zipper ride left 20 people – many of them children – trapped on it for ...