A carnival worker is dead and a community in mourning in Prince Rupert, B.C., after a celebratory night turned tragic on Tuesday.

Few details have been released, but RCMP and other agencies confirmed the death took place at around 10:40 p.m. PT on the opening night of the Prince Rupert Summer Carnival.

Russell Stewart was taking his kids on their final ride of the night when, he says, the energy of the evening changed.

"It was a really, really tragic event," he said. "It's something you don't want your kids around. It literally felt like a bad movie."

Dozens of people gathered at the fairground to mourn following the death, which happened on Tuesday night. (Sumi Ragu/CBC)

A memorial has been set up at the site of the Zipper, a ride that rotates fair-goers in individual carts while a

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