NC State Fair ride operator sentenced in 2013 incident


RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) — The NC State Fair ride operator who pleaded guilty to bypassing a ride’s safety system which ended up injuring five people in 2013, was sentenced Monday.

Timothy Tutterrow, of Georgia, pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon charges last year in connection with the incident that left a Durham family injured as they were getting off the Vortex ride.

His attorney said in court that Tutterrow will live with what happened for the rest of his life and continues to pray for the family involved.

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