Woman, child fall from Seaside Heights Sky Ride after phone drops

🚨A woman and child fell from the Sky Ride over the Seaside Heights boardwalk

🚨The woman dropped her phone before trying to grab the child

🚨All three were taken to a Toms River hospital with minor injuries

A woman and child fell from the platform of the Sky Ride over the Seaside Heights boardwalk Monday night after the woman dropped her phone.

Seaside Heights Fire Chief Tim Farrell told New Jersey 101.5 that the woman was on the turnaround with two children, ages 6 and 8, when she fell off the platform onto the sand below around 8 p.m.

The woman tried to grab the child but slid out of her seat and dangled over the sand before falling, Farrell said. The child fell about five feet.

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Sky Ride over the Seaside Heights Boardwalk

Ride stopped during rescue

The ride was stopped while a 12-foot ladder was raised to get the child off the ride.

All three were sent to Community Medical Center in Toms River for treatment of minor injuries, according to Farrell.

Farrell did not disclose the identities of the children or the woman. The woman is an aunt to the children, according to NBC Philadelphia.

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