Publication Date:
Sun, 2011-06-05 01:19
Police say Abiah (Ah-BYE-uh) Jones of Pleasantville was with
her classmates from Abiah (Ah-BYE-uh) Jones of Pleasantville was with her
classmates from Pleasant Tech Academy when she fell from the ride at 12:30 p.m.
She was driven to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced
dead about 45 minutes later.
A Wildwood police statement said the cause of the fall
remains unknown. She fell about 100 feet, from the upper half of the ride.
The 156-foot-tall Ferris wheel is among rides at Morey’s
Mariner’s Landing Pier. Both Morey’s and police said the problem did not appear
to be mechanical.
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