23 people injured when Maine hayride flips

[cali]

Source: sfgate

MECHANIC FALLS, Maine (AP) — A trailer carrying people on a Halloween-themed hayride overturned on a steep dirt road in the Maine woods, injuring 23 people, several of them seriously, authorities said.

The accident occurred Saturday night at Harvest Hill Farms when the driver of a small jeep pulling the flatbed trailer near a haunted house missed a turn at the top of a hill, Androscoggin County Sheriff Guy Desjardins said.

"The trailer jackknifed and the jeep went off the road," Desjardins told the Portland Press Herald. "We're talking about a very narrow dirt road, but extremely steep."

He said the trailer struck a tree, throwing its passengers to the ground.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Injuries-reported-in-Pumpkin-Land-hayride-accident-5817308.php

[treestar]

1. Aw that's a shame

Hope they are OK. I loved hayrides as a kid.

[Enrique]

2. i did too

i'm not sure why, but they were fun.

[bvf]

3. The smell of hay and crisp autumn air. Hot apple cider. Horses.

Sorry to hear about this incident.

[underpants]

4. CLOSE THE BORDERS!!!

[Kali]

5. ...

[Treant]

6. When will it end?

Haygazi! Haygazi!

This overturned cart makes it easier for the next one to hit it and overturn. It'll end with a country full of overturned hay carts and NOTHING will move. We'll all starve as food trucks can't get past!

(But in all seriousness, my best to them and their families and I hope none were severely injured)

[bigwillq]

7. That stinks. I love hayrides.

Hope everyone can recover.

[Sunlei]

8. horses wouldn't have missed the turn

[valerief]

9. That was my first thought. I always hayrides were pulled by horses. nt

[crim son]

10. A 17 year old girl has died from her injuries. n/t