Three Girls Fall From Fair Ride In Tennessee

Three girls were injured after they fell from a Ferris wheel at a county fair in eastern Tennessee, police said Monday evening. Greeneville police Capt. Tim Davis said a basket reportedly overturned on a Greene County Fair ride and dumped the occupants out. They fell 35 to 45 feet and were taken to the Johnson City Medical Center -- two by helicopter and one by ambulance, he said. All are alert and talking to hospital staff, Davis said. Eyewitness Gregory Lynthacum said the car the girls were riding in appeared to "get caught" as the wheel lifted upward, CNN affiliate WJHL-TV reported.