A 72-year-old girl was killed and two others have been injured when a Denny’s restaurant register Kentucky fell from its put up and crashed onto an occupied automotive beneath.
Police responded to a Denny’s on the 2000 block of North Mulberry Road in Elizabethtown round 1:30 p.m. Thursday on a report of the fallen signal.
Photographs present the signal on prime of a blue car, crushing in elements of the roof.
First responders extracted two girls and a person from the wreckage they usually have been transported to native hospitals, the place the 72-year-old sufferer died, Elizabethtown Police stated in a information launch.
Her id has not been launched pending household notification. The circumstances of the opposite two victims weren’t instantly clear Friday morning.
An investigation into what triggered the signal to fall is underway, however police stated fierce winds doubtless contributed to the incident.
“I’m able to say with certainty the wind was an element. Very, very unhappy state of affairs,” Elizabethtown police spokesperson Chris Denham stated.
Peak wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph have been noticed throughout elements of Kentucky on Thursday, the Nationwide Climate Service workplace in Louisville stated.
NBC Information has reached out to Denny’s for remark.