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freeimages.comYORK, Pa. - A Ferris wheel at a Pennsylvania fair will remain closed following an accident that injured two people, one of whom fell from it, officials said. The other person didn't fall, Blair said, but he couldn't confirm Saturday whether the person was on the ride or on the ground. "All of us at the fair are concerned about the fair guests that were injured last night," he said. Until the accident, the fair had been "very successful," with high attendance and very few problems, he said. The fair and ride owner Deggeller Attractions are cooperating, and nothing similar had occurred during the fair's nine-year association with the Stuart, Florida-based company, he said.