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INCIDENT ON A
CARINVAL RIDE
AT "CINCO DE
MAYO". ON
SATURDAY -- AN
-11-YEAR-OLD
GIRL'S HAIR GOT
CAUGHT IN THE
SPINNING
THE RIDE,
RIPPING OFF
PART OF HER
SCALP.
TONIGHT OUR
ERIN MURRAY
LOOKS INTO THE
INSURANCE SIDE.
ERIN -- WITH
SOMETHING LIKE
THIS, WE KNOW
CLAIMS WILL
HAVE TO BE
FILED CORRECT?
YES -- WITH
SOMETHING THIS
SEVERE, IT
SEEMS
INEVITABLE A
CLAIM OR CLAIMS
WILL BE FILED.
A LOT OF THINGS
WILL GO INTO
PLAY -- FIRST
AND FOREMOST
WHAT THE
INVESTIGATION
REVEALS ON
WHAT
HAPPENED, HOW
CARNIVAL STAFF
REACTED,
MEDICAL BILLS,
AND ALSO THE
SUFFERING THIS
GIRL FACED.
ALL OF IT -- WILL
MOST LIKELY BE
LOOKED INTO.
THE KING'S
CROWN RIDE AT
OMAHA'S CINCO
DE MAYO
FESTIVAL --
STARTED OUT
FUN -- AS
ELIZABETH
GILREATH SMILED
FROM HER SEAT.
BUT QUICKLY THE
FUN STOPPED --
AS YOU SEE A
WOMAN'S
RUNNING
TOWARD THE
RIDE -- WHEN
GILREATH'S HAIR
BECAME CAUGHT
IN THE RIDE,
PULLING OFF
PART OF HER
SCALP.
"I TOOK THESE
PICTURES AFTER
HER SURGERY
AND.THIS IS MY
LULU." :08
THE PICTURES
SHOW THE LINE --
WHERE HER
SCALP WAS RE-
ATTACHED.
"THEY DON'T EVEN
KNOW IF THE
MUSCLES WILL
WORK AND MY
DAUGHTER WILL BE
ABLE TO SEE AGAIN.
THAT IS OUR BABY."
THE INCIDENT
AND THE RIDE --
NOW UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
BUT IN A CASE
LIKE THIS --
INSURANCE WILL
ALMOST ALWAYS
BE INVOLVED.
SO WE REACHED
OUT TO COSSIO
INSURANCE -- A
COMPANY WHO IS
WELL VERSED IN
CARNIVAL
INSURANCE.
"THE SEVERITY OF
THE CLAIM IS GOING
TO DICTATE HOW
FAST IT MOVES, AND
THE
DOCUMENTATION
THAT IS GOING TO BE
REQUIRED."
"SMALL CLAIMS ARE
NORMALLY SETTLED
WITH JUST THE
INSURANCE
COMPANY WHICH
WOULD TAKE ONE TO
TWO MONTHS. BUT
COSSIO SAYS -- A
SEVERE BODILY
INJURY INCIDENT,
LIKE THIS ONE THAT
SENT GILREATH TO
THE HOSPITAL,
COULD TAKE UP TO
ONE TO THREE
YEARS, BECAUSE
THE CLAIM
NORMALLY GOES TO
COURT."
SUNDAY -- THE
RIDE COMPANY
THOMAS D
THOMAS SHOWS
TOLD WOWT SIX
NEWS QUOTE
"AN
INVESTIGATION IS
UNDERWAY. THE
THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS OF
EVERYONE ...
ARE WITH THE
YOUNG GIRL AND
FAMILY."
BUT THE FAMILY
SAYS THIS IS
ALL THEY HAVE
HEARD.
"WHY HASN'T THE
COMPANY REACHED
OUT TO US? WHY
HASN'T ANYBODY
REACHED OUT TO
US?"
WE REACHED
OUT TO THE
COMPANY TODAY
FOR AN UPDATED
STATEMENT --
BUT OUR CALLS
AND EMAILS
WENT
UNANSWERED.
ON THE WHOLE IT
IS NORMAL FOR A
COMPANY TO
STAY QUIET UNTIL
THEIR
INVESTIGATION
AND THE
POLICE'S
INVESTIGATION IS
COMPLETE.
AND WE DID
REACH OUT TO
THE GIRL'S
FAMILY TODAY --
SHE REMAINS AT
THE HOSPITAL IN
CRITICAL
CONDITION STILL.
ERIN -- AFTER
THIS EVENT ARE
THERE ANY
OTHER EVENTS
RE-THINKING
HAVING
CARNIVALS?
WE CHECKED --
AND NO, NO
FAIRS OR LARGE
EVENTS WE'VE
MADE CONTACT
WITH SAY THEY
ARE RE-
THINKING.
MANY ARE SAD
TO HEAR OF THIS
INCIDENT -- BUT
ALL USUAL
CARNIVALS ARE
STILL IN PLACE
FOR THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU!