DANIA BEACH -- A 13-year-old girl remained in intensive care Monday after she hit her head on a spinning ride at a children's amusement park last week.

Natashia West was injured Thursday on the Magic Teacup ride at Boomers. She is now heavily sedated at Joe DiMaggio's Children's Hospital in Hollywood, and most of her injuries are on the front of her head, said Donnie Jackson, her father.

The Tamarac girl has a sensor sticking out of her head to monitor pressure in her skull. She can't talk, but was taken off a respirator Sunday, Jackson said.

``All I want is for her to be the same little girl she was,'' he said.

The ride carries passengers inside round cups. At the center of each cup is a wheel riders can turn to control how fast it spins.

``You don't expect your child to be put on a ride one minute, and the next minute she's trauma-alerted,'' Jackson said.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services inspected the ride Friday and found no mechanical problems, agency spokesman Terence McElroy said.

The department has not concluded its investigation, but expects to release a report later this week. The ride was cleared by the department to open, but remained closed Monday, McElroy said. A routine inspection by the department in April also found the ride to have no mechanical problems.

Palace Entertainment, the California company that owns Boomers, said it is meeting with the teacup's manufacturer and studying the ride. It has been at the Dania Beach Boomers since April 2006, but the company has used it at other locations since the 1990s.

``We've given hundreds of thousands of rides and we've never had a problem,'' said Brett Petit, a Palace Entertainment spokesman.

``Safety is the most important thing,'' Petit said. ``And we will do all we can to help the girl.''