Video: Child tossed from carnival ride HOUSTON, March 16 (UPI) -- Video of a 3-year-old girl being thrown from a carnival ride at a Houston rodeo shows a different set of circumstances than rodeo officials initially described. The footage shows the girl, whose name was not reported, slipping through a restraint on the Techno Jump and flying off the the ride Wednesday at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the Houston Chronicle reported Friday. It's a very scary-looking piece of video. We are just thankful that this young lady was not more injured," Rodeo Chief Operating Office Leroy Shafer said. It boils down to a 3-year-old not knowing what to do and was probably scared to death. Rodeo officials said the girl was on the ride with her mother and 8-year-old brother, but the mother had gotten off the ride when she decided it was too small. The rodeo initially said the child pushed on the metal lap bar to get off the ride and get back to her mother about 15 seconds after it started moving. They said she tumbled out, landing on the metal platform. The video, though, shows the girl had both her legs in the seat's groove meant for just the left leg. Based on the footage, officials say it is now clear the girl came out of the ride about 6 to 8 feet in the air 25 seconds into the ride. The girl suffered a concussion in the incident, but was at home and resting by Thursday evening, the newspaper said.