Worker fatally struck by carnival ride at festival
A carnival ride struck and killed a worker Saturday night at the Feast of Mother Cabrini in Brentwood after he reached under the moving machinery to fetch something, police said. Reported by Stringer News (Sept. 2, 2012) (September 2, 2012 7:24 PM)
A carnival ride struck and killed a worker Saturday night in Brentwood after he reached under the moving machinery to fetch something, police and organizers said early this morning.
He died at Stony Brook University Hospital, hours after medics had rushed him there by helicopter, the organizers said.
Suffolk County police said the worker -- identified by the carnival as Michael Austin,...
