Lambeth Country Show: Four people rushed to hospital after funfair ...

A serious malfunction on a fairground ride at the Lambeth Country Show today saw four people being rushed to hospital and an air ambulance being despatched to Brockwell Park.

[Above: emergency services in Brockwell Park.  Top: ambulance seen leaving the park]

A spokesperson for Lambeth Police said:

“Emergency services responded at around 6.20pm on Saturday to a fairground ride having failed at the Lambeth Country Show in Brockwell Park.

“Four people have been taken to hospital. We await an assessment of their conditions. Nobody is trapped on the ride.”

Two hours ago, they added:

Enquiries are under way to establish the circumstances.

Cordons are in place at the location.

The Health & Safety Executive will be informed.

The four people taken to hospital from Brockwell Park are a man and a woman aged in their 40s, a man aged in his 50s and an 11-year-old girl.

‘None of the four is believed to be in a life-threatening condition. We await full hospital assessments.’

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said:

“We were called at 6:18pm today (8 June) to reports of an incident at Brockwell Park, SE24.

“We sent multiple resources to the scene including four ambulance crews and members of our hazardous area response team.

We also dispatched London’s Air Ambulance.

“We treated four people at the scene and took them all to major trauma centres.”

A Lambeth Council spokesperson said:

The incident was report at around 6.20pm today (June 8) and emergency services were quickly on the scene to treat four people who were injured.

Paramedics and on-site teams cordoned off the area and those who were injured have been taken to nearby hospitals for further treatment.

The situation is being closely monitored. The area around the ride is secure and the funfair has been closed.

A thorough investigation is being conducted to determine the cause of the malfunction.

Additional safety inspections are being carried out on all rides and attractions at the show.

Helen Hayes MP posted on Twitter/X:

I’m shocked to learn of the failure of a fairground ride at Lambeth Country Show earlier this evening.

My thoughts are with those who were injured & all who witnessed this horrific event.

Thank you to the emergency services who attended.

There must now be an urgent investigation

What was the ride?

The malfunctioning ride is believed to be the Froggit, seen below in footage from 2022.

Eyewitnesses say that the major fault in the park today resulted in people ‘flying through the air.’

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[Park pic by Bobby Holder]