LAKE DELTON, Wis., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The ride operator at a Wisconsin amusement park where a girl was severely injured in a 100-foot fall was not tested for drugs or alcohol afterward, police say.
Charles Carnell, 33, of Wisconsin Dells has been charged with first-degree reckless injury for the July 30 accident and could receive a prison sentence of up to 25 years if convicted, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. Teagan Marti, 12, of Parkland, Fla., who fell 100 feet, is still in a Wisconsin hospital and could be permanently paralyzed.
Carnell was the "dive master" on the Terminal Velocity ride at Extreme World Amusements. He told police he "blanked out" and failed to check to make sure the net had been deployed before Teagan jumped from a tower. UPI
