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Lucknow: In a horrific incident, a girl's scalp was ripped off after her hair got entangled with a ferris wheel in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district, about 150 kilometres from here, police said on Monday.
The incident happened at a fair at Madhonagar in the Talgram area in the district on Saturday, sources said.
Reports said that there were several types of swings at the fair and a large number of people from nearby villages had flocked to it.
The victim, identified as Anuradha, also sat on a ferris wheel along with other children of her village. During the ride, her hair somehow got entangled with the upper rod of the swing.
As the girl cried in pain, her hair continued to get entangled in the swing and by the time the swing came to a halt, her entire scalp had been ripped off. The girl, who was bleeding profusely, fainted.
She was rushed to a nearby hospital from where she was referred to the PGI in Lucknow after her condition worsened. The doctors said that her condition was critical.
The swing owner managed to escape from the spot after the incident, sources said. The incident came to light after a video of the same uploaded on social media on Monday which went viral.
Police said that they were seized of the matter and that it was being investigated.
Ferris wheels, which are a popular amusement ride, typically consist of several seats or cars that rotate around a large axis.