Girl Reportedly Thrown from Ride 'Headfirst' at Indiana County Fair Prompting Investigation

“I’m holding on, like trying to get people’s attention, waving my arms. ‘Hey, she fell out. Stop the ride,'" one witness recalled

Rides at an Indiana county fair have been removed after a girl was thrown from one attraction, according to officials and local news outlets.

A little girl was thrown from the “Rock and Roll” ride, which goes up and down, and sustained injuries, according to reports from WHET, WFIE and the Bradenton Herald. 

In the wake of the incident, a fair-goer named Anna Deorto shared in a Facebook post that the “girl right next to me flew out” of her seat during the ride.

“She went headfirst. Like, her body just, like, went, falling through with her head,” Deorto told WFIE, adding that the ride didn’t immediately stop after the girl flew out.

“I’m holding on, like trying to get people’s attention, waving my arms,” Deorto recalled. “‘Hey, she fell out. Stop the ride. You need to stop this ride. The seatbelt’s not latched you guys. She fell out. She needs help.’”

She also claimed to the outlet that the rider operator never checked their seatbelts.

PEOPLE reached out to the Dubois County Sheriff's Office but did not immediately receive a reply.

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David Hosick, with the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS), told PEOPLE in a statement that the head of their inspections unit reached out to the owner of the rides, who "indicated the specific operator of the ride had failed to properly secure a group of girls into one of the carriages" of the ride. He said that the girl "received minor injuries" after she "fell out."

"She was given a bandage and ice pack and left the scene with her family and friends. No ambulance or additional treatment was requested or required at the scene," he said, adding that the ride was shut down after the incident.

Hosick noted that the "Rock and Roll" ride was last inspected on June 11, and during the inspection two of the rider carriages were "deemed unusable" due to safety violations.

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During a follow up inspection on July 16, the IDHS noted "the repairs to the two original carriages in question had not been completed" and that there were additional violations to the ride. These included maintenance violations, like "missing belt fasteners" and "damage to rider carriages" and "assembly and wielding" violations like "warped" diamond plate flooring and "broken rivets."

He noted that the ride "cannot be utilized in any fashion until it passes an IDHS compliance inspection."

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The Dubois County 4-H Council announced on Monday, July 15 via Facebook that they would “remove” rides from the Dubois County fairgrounds “for the rest of the week” after they were “made aware of a situation that took place at the midway.”

The county council did not include details of what happened, but noted that “safety” was top of mind.

“As a Council we are doing our best to keep the community safe and make the fair the best we can for all involved,” they said in a statement. “Thank you for understanding and patience as we handle this situation.”

The Dubois County Council did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on the incident.

The fair is scheduled to run through July 20. It is unclear if the rides will return to the fair.

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