A 'traumatised' toddler's wrist was broken after it's claimed she jammed on a Glasgow Fort fairground ride.
Ciara Grace Reid's 'blood curdling' screams have haunted her furious mother, Amy, 33, after the incident on the teacups on Wednesday. Amy, from Bothwell, is reeling and claims 'disgusting' staff laughed, ate food from Greggs' and 'disregarded' her three-year-old's 'excruciating' injury.
The mum-of-one said Glasgow Fort chiefs are investigating her shocking claims.
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Emergency services worker Amy, told Glasgow Live: "Ciara Grace is traumatised. She has a metal splint in her arm for three weeks and has been holding her wrist like an injured puppy.
"The blood curdling screams she let out on that ride will never leave me. It's every mother's worst nightmare."
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She addded: "Hindsight's a wonderful thing, but parents automatically put their trust in staff operating rides. It's terrifying to think how much the two young girls at the teacups didn't care at all.
"What happened to Ciara Grace could easily happen again. I'm pleased Glasgow Fort are investigating as action needs to be taken."
Amy had just forked out for nursery shoes at Glasgow Fort's Clarks store for Ciara Grace before taking her to the teacups. The tot boarded the ride with her grandmother, Anne Marie Finnon, who also hails from Bothwell.
The retired NHS worker, 64, told Glasgow Live: "Her cardigan was caught in the plastic circle barrier in the middle of the teacup. The teacup began spinning round one way and the barrier the other.
"So Ciara Grace's wrist and arm was pulled round with it. She started screaming.
"I ripped her jumper to free her wrist and she was in a lot of pain. I thought she had bashed her wrist but it turned out to be worse."
Amy alleges that, when the ride was over, two staff members asked her distressed toddler, 'Did you get a fright?' before moving onto the next teacup.
Soon after, Amy rushed Ciara Grace to Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. Medics carried out an X-ray which confirmed she'd suffered a torus fracture; her wrist was broken.
Amy added: "Doctors told us that, had my mum not freed her wrist, it could have been so much worse. Her arm could have been completely dislocated."
She contacted Glasgow Fort when they opened at 10am on Thursday.
"A duty manager Daryl assured me that they would launch an investigation into the matter," Amy said.
"Hopefully they take action and we hear back soon."
Glasgow Fort chiefs apologised after 'hearing of Amy's experience' and wished Ciara Grace a 'speedy recovery'.
A spokeswoman told Glasgow Live: “We take the health and safety of our visitors very seriously. We were sorry to hear of Amy’s experience and both ourselves and the ride operator are keen to speak to her so we can investigate.
"We of course wish her daughter a speedy recovery.”
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