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An 11-year-old girl died last Friday after a fall from the top of a 156-foot Ferris wheel on the south Jersey shore.
Abiah Jones was with her classmates from Pleasant Tech Academy, attending "Education Extravaganza," a school promotional day at the amusement park, Morey's Mariner's Landing Pier.
Although the park opened the very next day, the Ferris wheel remains closed while an investigation continues to determine the cause of the death. Given the location of her body, investigators believe she fell near the top of the wheel.
The cause of Jones's fall is still unknown. She seems to have been alone on the ride, and the latch and door of her passenger gondola are securely built, according to the owner of the park. Jones was immediately driven to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead after 45 minutes.
Morey Organization, which has owned amusement parks on the Jersey shore since 1969, claims this is their first fatality. The Ferris wheel in question first opened in 1985. The ride passed an inspection on March 17th of this year, according to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
According to a spokeswoman for the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, the chances of serious injury at an American amusement park are 1-in-9 million.
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