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A man has been killed and another person seriously injured in a carnival ride accident in a small town in eastern France.
The Rhone prefecture said three other people were slightly injured when the ride collapsed on Saturday afternoon in Neuville-sur-Saone.
The prefecture would not provide details on the identities or the ages of the victims.
The ride was composed of three rotating arms, with baskets carrying people in pairs.
Laurent Buffard, deputy mayor of Neuville-sur-Saone, told BFM television one of the arms somehow hit the ground.
An investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the accident.
AP
Topics: community-and-society, death, disasters-and-accidents, france
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