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as we had stated earlier there was an accident at the Calgary Stampede this year on one
of the attractions on the midway the attraction question was the scorpion ride. now what happened
was one of the parts of detached from it's rotating arm causing one of the pods
to use the go crashing into a grass embankments
about ten to thirty feet away from the rotating arm
there were ten injuries
five people were sent to hospital because of the injuries including one teenage boy
who was sent to a hospital in critical condition
since then his condition has gone from critical to stable
now while opposed to popular belief there have been no fatalities caused by this accident
Calgary Stampede has released %uh %uh released a statement saying there is an ongoing investigation
into the matter
and that they are looking into this right away
that being said none of the other attractions on Calgary stampede midway have been shut
down but they were close for small portion of time after the accident