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Teen killed when ejected from carnival ride

<p>Two teenage girls were thrown from a carnival ride in El Paso, Texas. One of the girls died, and the other is injured.</p><p>The girls were ejected from a spinning ride <a href="http://www.kvia.com/news/1-killed-2-hurt-in-el-paso-carnival-ride-accident/39294870" target="_blank">called the Sizzler</a> during a carnival at a local church. The 16-year-old later died at a nearby hospital, while the 15-year-old was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.</p><p>The ride was part of the church's Día de los Niños festival. There was one other passenger on the ride at the time, but <a href="http://cbs4local.com/news/videos/police-respond-to-carnival-ride-accident-at-st-thomas-aquinas-church" target="_blank">she wasn't injured</a>.</p><p>An El Paso police spokesman <a href="http://www.click2houston.com/news/teen-killed-another-injured-in-el-paso-carnival-ride-accident" target="_blank">said authorities</a> are currently investigating the cause of the incident, including whether the ride should have been operating.</p><p>"There are inspections that are required. Whether or not this vendor is up to par with that hasn't been determined," the spokesman <a href="http://kfoxtv.com/news/local/police-respond-to-carnival-ride-accident-at-st-thomas-aquinas-church" target="_blank">told KFOX</a>.</p>
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EL PASO, Texas (AP) — One teenage girl was killed and another was injured when they were ejected from a whirling ride at an El Paso church carnival.

The girls were at a parking lot carnival marking the annual Dia de los Ninos holiday at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church when they were hurled from a spinning ride called "Sizzler" just before 7 p.m. Friday. A 16-year-old girl hit a metal barricade and died a short time later at Del Sol Medical Center. A 15-year-old girl was taken to University Medical Center with injuries not thought to be life-threatening.

A third girl who also was on the ride had hooked her arms on a safety bar and was not ejected.

No identities have been released, and police Sgt. Enrique Carrillo says a cause hasn't been determined.

China Arevalo was selling snacks at a concessions booth when she heard a disturbance nearby. She heard that someone had fallen from one of the carnival rides, she said.

"There was a girl on the ground, and they were doing CPR to revive her" and the girl appeared to have regained consciousness, Arevalo told the El Paso Times. She noticed a large pool of blood on the ground from an injury to the back of the girl's head, she said.

"Sizzler" is a ride that whirls riders around a center pivot and also spins them in their seats. The ride is owned by Playtime Amusements Inc. in Las Cruces, New Mexico. A telephone call to the company was abruptly disconnected. An email message brought no immediate response.