Terrifying video of fair employee pinned to ride floor for 15 MINUTES as he cried for help weeks after ICON Park tragedy

A TERRIFYING video shows a moment when a fair employee was trapped in a fair ride for 15 minutes. The employee cried for help as he was pinned down to the fair ride floor. A ride operator was caught in a ride at the Clay County Fair in Jacksonville on Friday according to NBC affiliate […]

A TERRIFYING video shows a moment when a fair employee was trapped in a fair ride for 15 minutes.

The employee cried for help as he was pinned down to the fair ride floor.

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A ride operator was caught in a ride at the Clay County Fair in Jacksonville on Friday according to NBC affiliate WLTV-TV.

The employee was identified as Davontai Lee who is 28 years old.

Police were called to the scene to help the ride operator get out of the ride.

Once released, Lee was transported to a hospital to address his inquiries.

Lee got trapped in the ride after trying to retrieve someone’s hat and got stuck due to bad timing, according to the the article.

Aurelia Smith recorded the incident on her phone.

Smith’s daughter,Keirra Peterson, said that when Lee was trying to get the person’s hat the ride floors pinned him down, leaving him trapped for some time.

“I didn’t really expect that, I never thought that since that boy the other week that fell off that ride. I didn’t think I would experience another ride misfunction,” said Peterson in the article.

Peterson is referring to the recent death of a 14 year old boy who fell from another ride in Florida.

The ride at Icon Park was closed after officials deemed it to be an immediate serious danger to public health, according to the article.

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Lawyers for the boy’s family has been investigating negligence about his size, or other factors played a role in his death.

At 14 years old, the boy was 6’5 and over 300 pounds.

The ride at the Clay County Fair is still operational.

However, police have said that the incident is still an active investigation.