Wildwood Ferris wheel accident kills girl from Pleasantville

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Source: The Star-Ledger

WILDWOOD — An 11-year-old girl who died this afternoon after falling 100 feet from a Ferris wheel on the Wildwood boardwalk has been identified as Abiah Jones of Pleasantville, a small suburban town outside of Atlantic City.

Wildwood Police Capt. Robert Regalbuto told The Press of Atlantic City the Ferris wheel was in motion when the girl fell from the ride's upper half.

The fall occurred about 12:30 p.m. at Morey's Mariner's Landing Pier. Jones was pronounced dead at 1:14 p.m. at the Cape Regional Medical Center in Cape May Court House, Wildwood police said.

In a statement today, the pier owner said the cause of the fatal fall was being investigated but there did not appear to be any mechanical problems with the ride.

Read more: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/wildwood_ferris_wheel_accident.html

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1. What a tragedy for the little girl and her family. I will await further details

on what happened. My family and I are planning a trip down to Wildwood and some family members just love all those rides at Morey's Pier.