One man died
and four people were injured after a hydraulic crane fell over at a wedding in
India.
The crane
was lowering a ‘crystal platform’ carrying the bride and her sister into the
wedding venue in Adalaj village, near Ahmedabad in Gujarat state.
The man,
said to be a 40-year-old guest, died, while the injured are being treated at a
nearby hospital following the accident last night.
According to
local police, the 40ft-crane fell over after it was parked in uneven and muddy
ground.
A video from
the wedding shows the cone-shaped platform being lowered down as pyrotechnics
go off.
As the
platform gets closer to the ground, the crane suddenly topples over and the
platform, carrying the bride and her sister, crashes to the ground.
The wedding was hosted by a local resident for his daughter. It is not clear how badly the bride, or her maid-of-honour sister, were injured.
‘As per the
plan, the bride was to reach the venue from outside the plot through the crane
as she would be showered with flowers,’ a relative told Times of India. ‘Everything
went as per the plan till the platform almost reached at the designated spot.
'The
incident took place when the crane was about to drop it to the ground from the
height of four feet.
‘Suddenly,
the crane turned one side and both the occupants fell on the ground.’
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