Goa, Sept. 14 -- A 25-year-old woman from Yavatmal district in Maharashtra suffered a severe scalp injury after her hair became entangled in the rotating bearing of a giant wheel at a local fair.

The incident occurred on Friday during the annual fair organised in Mahagaon taluka as part of the Tanha Pola festival. The traditional one-day fair attracted a large number of women and children from surrounding villages, many of whom had gathered to seek blessings at the Puneshwar Mahadev Temple.

The injured woman was identified as Bali Maroti Talikote, a resident of Phulsawangi. Talikote had boarded the giant wheel at the fair along with other visitors.

According to the available details, the ride was operating at high speed when Talikote's...