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FIVE WEDDING GUESTS were taken to hospital yesterday after a hotel lift dropped three storeys before hitting the ground.
It’s understood the lift was at the second floor of the Plaza Hotel in Killarney, Co Kerry when it fell to the basement car park at around 2.30pm. The five occupants were rescued by the fire service and taken to Kerry General Hospital for treatment, according to RTE. Their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening but they may have suffered broken bones, sources at the scene told the Irish Times.
The Irish Examiner reports that the five were three brothers and two of their wives, from Dublin. It’s believed they were part of a wedding party at the hotel.
Spokesman for the Health and Safety Authority, Mark Ryan, told TheJournal.ie the body would be launching a probe into the accident: “We are going to be investigating. We’ll go down and take a look at it,” he said.
There is currently no garda investigation into the incident.
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File photo eh?? Sure it’s not taken from google streetview!! ?
Does anyone know what make of lift? Is it hydraulic? Even if badly serviced the safety mechanisms in lifts shouldn’t fail. Why are the gateau not investigating?
I think they got to get the gateau, got to get the gateau cake,first.
So the earth really did move for the bride.
Dunno why I got so many reds, I thought it was a hilarious remark :-)
Heard this late last night on RTE news and thought: no one seriously injured, no Garda investigation. Is this news?
Broken ankles on several of them, I know a person that was at the wedding.
I’ll be using the stairs in future.
hehe the people in that lift were brought back down to earth fairly quickly after their big day! On a serious note I have to agree with Fergus, this is a crap article that shouldn’t have made it past the editors desk. Perhaps you’d consider taking it down?
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