It’s about as scary as it gets … an amusement park ride that encircled a tower high above the earth crashed to the ground in dramatic fashion … injuring lots of people.

It happened in India … the Drop Tower ride was 50 feet above the ground and presumably was supposed to make a slow descent, but the exact opposite happened … it spun in circles as it plummeted downward.

There were 30 people on the ride … at least 10 were injured. Some were taken to the hospital.

There are reports the operators of the ride fled the area after the mishap.