A brave girl from Nebraska whose scalp was ripped off after her hair got caught in a carnival ride hopes to help protect kids from getting hurt on rides in the future.

A child was injured and airlifted to a hospital after falling from a carnival ride at Antioch's Taste of Summer event Sunday, authorities said.

The mother of an 11-year-old girl whose hair got caught in a spinning carnival ride says her daughter smiled after seeing her reflection in the mirror for the first time.

A drop tower ride at a carnival in India plummeted to the ground, dropping 50-feet before crashing at the bottom. Several people suffered injuries from the drop, and were rushed to nearby hospitals.

This is the moment a malfunctioning carnival ride turned into a terrifying near-death experience for a young girl in Paris.