--- title: Video Captures the Moment Amusement Park Ride Broke in India description: A pendulum-style ride at Kankaria Amusement Park in the Indian city of Ahmedabad snapped in half with riders on board, killing two people canonical: https://time.com/5627156/india-amusement-park-ride-video/ author: Amy Gunia article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-07-16T02:51:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T23:59:27.088Z article:section: World og:title: Video Captures Failure of Amusement Park Ride in India og:description: The ride snapped in half, killing two people og:url: https://time.com/5627156/india-amusement-park-ride-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c4fc0464722ab15/6989ffff86f68e5e9f6ed3a0/india-amusement-park-accident.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: India-amusement-park-accident og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Video Captures Failure of Amusement Park Ride in India twitter:description: The ride snapped in half, killing two people twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c4fc0464722ab15/6989ffff86f68e5e9f6ed3a0/india-amusement-park-accident.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # An Amusement Park Ride Snapped in Half and Killed Two People in India by [Amy Gunia](/author/amy-gunia/) ## Amy Gunia Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. Jul 16, 2019 2:51 AM CUT  Joy Ride machine known as 'Discovery' is pictured after crashing at Kankaria Lake Front in Ahmedabad on July 14, 2019. Joy Ride machine known as 'Discovery' is pictured after crashing at Kankaria Lake Front in Ahmedabad on July 14, 2019.Sam Panthaky—AFP/Getty Images by [Amy Gunia](/author/amy-gunia/) ## Amy Gunia Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. Jul 16, 2019 2:51 AM CUT A popular pendulum-style ride at an amusement park in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad broke on [Sunday](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pendulum-ride-breaks-india-ahmedabad-accident-break-amusement-park/ "undefined") while the ride was operating. The accident was caught on video. The city mayor’s office said two people died, and 29 others were injured in the accident at Kankaria Amusement Park, according to CBS News. The “Discovery” ride has 32 seats. A video shows the pendulum shaft swinging the seats upward, before it snapped and fell to the ground. “The pipe of the main shaft broke and crashed on the ground,” Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Chief Fire Officer M. F. Dastoor told the Ahmedabad _Mirror,_ according to CBS News. “How that pipe broke is a matter of investigation by Forensic Science Laboratory.” Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner Vijay Nehra tweeted that he has instructed police to begin a [criminal investigation](https://twitter.com/vnehra/status/1150464730148081664 "undefined") to determine the cause of the accident. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5627156/india-amusement-park-ride-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5627156/india-amusement-park-ride-video/"},"headline":"An Amusement Park Ride Snapped in Half and Killed Two People in India","datePublished":"2019-07-16T02:51:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T23:59:27.088Z","description":"The ride snapped in half, killing two people","url":"https://time.com/5627156/india-amusement-park-ride-video/","keywords":["India","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c4fc0464722ab15/6989ffff86f68e5e9f6ed3a0/india-amusement-park-accident.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amy Gunia","jobTitle":"Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong.","url":"https://time.com/author/amy-gunia/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c4fc0464722ab15/6989ffff86f68e5e9f6ed3a0/india-amusement-park-accident.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"India-amusement-park-accident","caption":"India Amusement Park Accident","creditText":"Sam Panthaky—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/india/","name":"India"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5627156/india-amusement-park-ride-video/","name":"An Amusement Park Ride Snapped in Half and Killed Two People in India"}}]}] ```