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Man, 18, is killed in Ohio Fair horror crash FIVE days after enlisting in Marines: Girlfriend,

19, also badly injured on the ride, only learned of his death when asking to see him post-surgery.

The young man who lost his life at the Ohio State Fair on Wednesday night had just enlisted

in the Marines lat week.

Tyler Jarrell, 18, of Columbus, Ohio has been identified by the State Highway Patrol as

the young man who was killed while riding The Fireball.

He was thrown into the air when part of the amusement ride snapped and came down with

such force that he was killed upon impact.

The tragedy occurred just five days after Tyler posted a photo to his Facebook page

which showed him in a Marines Uniform and holding a plaque that read 'United States

Navy' and 'Department of the Marine Corps.'

His decision to enlist meanwhile came a little over a month after he graduated from Franklin

Heights High School in Columbus.

Six of the seven victims have also been identified by the State Highway Patrol, with the youngest

of the group having his name withheld at this time as he is just 14 and a minor.

Tamika Dunlap, 36, of Reynoldsburg; Russell Franks, 42, of Columbus; Keziah Lewis, 19,

of Columbus; Jacob Andrews, 22, of Pataskala; Jennifer Lambert, 18, of Columbus; and Abdihakim

Hussein, 19, of Columbus.

Keziah was Tyler's girlfriend, and only learned that he had passed when she woke up in the

hospital, where she was admitted in critical condition on Thursday and has already undergone

two operations to after badly damaging her pelvis, ankles and ribs.

Meanwhile, documents released on Thursday show that the Ohio Department of Agriculture

gave The Fireball passing marks during an inspection that happened just a few hours

before the fatal crash.

The Department also released the paperwork they received from Amusements of America showing

that both the operator and attendant who were working that day had been trained and were

aware of safety/emergency procedures.

Keziah and Tyler went to the carnival on Wednesday after a difficult day for the young woman,

who attended her grandfather's funeral.

The University of Cincinnati journalism student, who just finished her second year at the school,

wrote on Facebook about her grandparents finally being together again in death.

'It was hard and extremely sad to see you go but it's a blessing to know that you and

Nana are reunited and living it up in Heaven,' wrote Keziah.

'Rest In Peace Vincent S. Williams, Sr.

You will forever be in our hearts.'

Keziah's grandfather also served, having been a member of the Air Force.

The comments on that post soon filled with wishes of good will after people found out

that she was one of the victims.

Keziah and Tyler have been together for approximately one year and worked together at McDonald's

for two years, which is how they met.

Her mother Clarissa Williams told The Columbus Dispatch that she was the one who had to tell

her daughter the devastating news when she kept asking for Tyler.

When asked what she thought about the accident and if she was angry, Williams said: 'I just

feel something went terribly wrong, something was overlooked that they should have secured

more.'

Williams revealed in the interview as well that her daughter was heading in for yet another

surgery on Friday.

Marine Corps Recruiting South Columbus Ohio even posted a photo of Tyler on their Facebook

page Sunday because they were so excited about his enlistment.

'Give him one!

Tyler Jarrell is the first senior from Franklin Heights high school to enlist into the United

States Marine Corps this year,' read the post.

'I'm proud to call him my brother.

#FranklinHeights #Marines.'

Tyler was also very involved in the local police force, having joined The Columbus Division

of Police Explorer Program to see if he might be interested in becoming a cop.

Dillon King, who heads up that program, posted a photo on Thursday of Tyler posing in front

of a paddy wagon in his police uniform.

He also commented on a photo of the young man by stating how much he looked up to the

teenager.

That sentiment was echoed by almost everyone Tyler knew, both young and old, upon hearing

the news.

Sharon Payne, who was Tyler's boss at McDonald's posted a photo of the young boy in his Marine

uniform and wrote: 'He was a good kid who just passed his physical and was accepted

into the marines last Thursday, i thought of him as my son and he called me mom.'

And in addition to his enlisting in the Marines and working with Police Explorer's and holding

down a job at McDonald's, Tyler was also very involved in the Boy Scouts.

A young woman who was on the amusement ride detailed what happened just before the crash

in an interview on Wednesday.

'It started normal, everything started normal, and then it started shaking.

It was shaking real bad,' Devray Williams told ABC 6 on Wednesday.

She said that the girl next to her also started to say her seat was shaking just moments before

Devray watched the woman go flying off into the air when the machine snapped.

An emotional Devray then said through tears: 'And then the dude hit the ground.

He wasn't breathing.

None of them was, it was like five people.

Nobody was breathing and then they came and tried to give him CPR but nothing was happening.'

Three of the victims are in critical condition, with one being treated at Grant Medical Center

and the other two at Wexner Medical Center.

Doctors at Wexner said that the three individuals who were admitted, which includes Keziah,

underwent surgery overnight and will have to undergo additional surgeries in the coming

days.

In addition to their two critical patients, the hospital also has one in serious condition.

The other three victims were admitted to Grant in fair condition, and two were released from

the hospital early Thursday.

Meanwhile, the young boy who filmed the fatal ride malfunction that occurred at the fair

revealed that bystanders began screaming at the operator to slow down just moments before

the crash.

Julian Bellinger was filming The Fireball as he stood in line with his friends to get

on the ride when it suddenly broke, killing one person and injuring seven others.

He recounted what happened in an interview with Good Morning America, saying: 'We were

just recording each other on Snapchat and we had deleted the video because we heard

like commotion on the ride and there was people on the ride like, "Slow it down, it's too

fast," and all this.

So people on the ground beside me and in front of me in line... they all were like, "whoa,

whoa, slow down."'

Julian said at that moment the operator 'pressed the emergency brake,' with the teenager stating

that he had to turn his head away when he started to see people fall out of their harnesses

and seats on the ride.'

Host Robin Roberts confirmed that Julian did in fact hear people shouting out to the operator

to slow down the ride, and the boy against said that was what happened, adding: 'I heard

people in front of me in line and then after the fact I talked to them and they were like,

"yeah, people on the ride just couldn't take it anymore because I guess they had sped it

up.'

He then said that in the wake of the crash people were running away and 'crying.'

Britney Neal and her little sister Kylie also witnessed the crash at the fairground on Wednesday,

and told a story very similar to Julian's while appearing on Today.

'Well, the ride was going normal, then all of a sudden you see people flying out and

then the guy hit the emergency stop button which then made the seat fly off and other

people flew off as well,' said Britney.

'The fireball was working normally.

Then it swung to the left and it looked like someone's chair was kind of falling out.

Then the guy pushed the emergency stop switch, and then it swings to the right and the whole

row broke off and they went flying.'

The teenager later said is 'traumatized' by the incident, while her younger sister Kylie

saying nothing and just stared off into the distance during the interview.

Ohio Governor John Kasich released a statement Wednesday evening, reading: 'I am terribly

saddened by this accident, by the loss of life and that people were injured enjoying

Ohio's fair.

'Our thoughts and prayers go out to those grieving and injured.

I have ordered a full investigation into this incident and have ordered that all fair rides

be shut down until additional safety inspections can be completed.'

Wednesday was the opening night of the fair.

The Ohio State Fair also released a statement on Thursday, saying: 'Our hearts are heavy

for the families of those involved in last night's tragic accident.'

Thursday morning the fair was back in business , though all the rides remained closed to

the public.

Few people were in attendance.

In the wake of the incident a number of other fairs announced that they would not be

The Ohio State Fair is currently celebrating its 164th year in operation.