A woman was left seriously injured after going on a carnival ride whilst on holiday in Turkey.
Melissa Hunter suffered horrific injuries, including a broken nose, after she decided to go on a Waltzer ride with friends on her two week holiday.
However, what was meant to be a fun ride turned into a nightmare when the 35-year-old was flung off the attraction.
Melissa said she wanted to share her story to warn others of the possible dangers of amusement rides abroad.
She told Liverpool Echo: "The only way I can describe is the seats are like the Waltzers which has a seat and a bar which goes down, they were like in a row behind each other in the circle. So the ride goes round and round and then tips on a slant, so you're kind of sideways.
"He's like laughing, and we're laughing at first. Then he started turning it up, so it going faster and faster. And because of the g-force or whatever, I am on the outside of the carriage, and my friend is on the inside because she is smaller than me. She is sort of leaning into me.
"So we're going round and laughing, then he stops, so we think he's finished. Then he looks at us again, and he turns it on backwards, so we're going backwards. Then he turns it up, so we're forward again and turns it right up, and he's laughing.
"At this point, I am screaming, and I am saying to Terri, 'I can't breathe, I can't breathe', and she is trying to drag herself back to her side of the carriage, but she can't because he was going so fast."
Melissa said at this point, she was "hanging" out of the carriage and claimed she was shouting for the ride to stop.
The 35-year-old said she was thrown out of the ride and into a metal bar.
She believes the attraction was going at about "40 to 50mph" at this point.
After being flung from the amusement, Melissa was knocked unconscious and was "bleeding very badly".
She said: "My friend said to me, 'Mel, you were on the floor in a pool of blood. I thought you were dead. I have never seen so much blood'. The blood was clotting."
The 35-year-old was taken to hospital, where it was found she suffered a broken nose and needed stitches in her head, knee and elbow.
She also needed to have multiple MRI scans and said she was told that her hospital records said she had to have a blood transfusion.
Photos shared with the ECHO show Melissa with huge stitches in her head, black eyes and other cuts and grazes on her body.
She said: "If that had been a child, there would have been no way a child would have survived that.
"There was no health and safety. You don't think, do you? You're just on holiday, I am having a good time, and I feel like I need to say something as I could be saving a child's life."
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