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Two girls were rushed to the hospital after falling from a Ferris wheel at a Louisiana Harvest Festival on Friday, authorities said.

Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff René Thibodeaux told Fox News Digital that he received a call around noon on Saturday, Nov. 1, from his chief deputy reporting that three girls had been riding the Ferris wheel at the festival in New Roads, Louisiana, when two of them were thrown off the amusement park ride. He said that the pair fell approximately 15 to 20 feet to the ground.

"The third girl was hanging onto the Ferris wheel," Thibodeaux said, adding that several spectators ran over to help and were able to safely catch her.

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