Zipper carnival ride malfunctions, cart partially detaches [September 30, 2025] A Zipper carnival ride malfunctioned during a high school fair, Friday. The incident occurred at Bishop Conaty Our Lady of the Loretto High School in Pico-Union, Los Angeles, California, Friday evening. All persons aboard the ride were safely evacuated and there were no reported injuries after First Responders arrived around 9pm. Video of the incident shows two carriages crashed into one another, with one of them fal

A carnival ride malfunction sent carriages on a ride known as the “zipper” crashing into one another and the ground in a scary incident captured on video at a Los Angeles high school. While the Los Angeles Fire Department reports that no one was injured during the incident, some people were trapped for over an hour around 9 p.m. on Friday at the Bishop Conaty Our Lady of the Loretto High School during its “Electric Illusion Nocturnal Jungle” event: https://tinyurl.com/59yybhxk | CBS LA

The ride, commonly known as The Zipper, appeared to have stopped mid-ride with people inside. A witness can be heard saying that some of the riders were trapped for up to an hour. | ABC7

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