Ferris wheel riders took a wild ride Saturday afternoon after a hydraulic system malfunction freewheeled the popular fair attraction.
John and Sharon Svenson were enjoying their first ever ride on the wheel when it stopped.
“I could sense that it was a hydraulic problem when the whole wheel stuttered and jerked prior to cutting loose in a free spin,” John Svenson said.
Most of the passengers were sitting in the Svensons’ section of the wheel…