A tragic accident involving a carnival ride at the Ohio State Fair Wednesday evening has prompted the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk to temporarily shut down their Fireball ride for further inspection. The ride, which involves a large swinging pendulum that has a spinning circle of seats on the end of it, is similar to the one involved in the Ohio incident that killed one person and injured seven others, as ABC 7 reports.

A similar ride at the California State Fair in Sacramento, shown in video above functioning properly in 2013, has also been shut down until further notice, as CBS 5 reports. It has yet to be announced whether the Fireball ride at Santa Clara's Great America will be shut down as well.

The Netherlands-based makers of the ride consider it an "aggressive thrill ride," and now officials at the Santa Cruz boardwalk want the manufacturer to assure them that such an incident won't be repeated. The ride, which is not exactly the same as the one in Ohio, is routinely inspected, but the Ohio State Fair ride had also been thoroughly inspected before the incident, according to officials there who spoke at a press conference.

In video posted to YouTube that you can see below, a fairgoer caught the moment when a row of seats on the ride appears to catch on something as it swings down and then tosses a group of riders into the air. The ride reportedly reaches 40 feet in the air at its highest point.
CAUTION: The video contains footage that could be disturbing.

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk spokesperson Kris Reyes tells NBC Bay Area that their Fireball ride is going to be thoroughly inspected Thursday, in addition to what would have been its routine daily check, and they're talking to the manufacturer to see if they should make any further adjustments.

"Our ride is a fixed ride, a permanent amusement ride," Reyes tells NBC, perhaps referring to the fact that the state fair ride in Columbus is one that's regularly disassembled and reassembled for temporary events. "It’s inspected daily as state mandated. California has some of the most stringent ride safety rules in the world."

He says the ride is likely to reopen Thursday.