http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T02:43:49Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Accidents http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/27/132641/061 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif" align="right">As if the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/23/17635/1693/hotels/Freaky_Elevator_Free_Fall_at_Paris_Las_Vegas">elevator free fall</a> at the Paris Las Vegas hotel wasn't enough drama for the week, a car with four teens in it fell off the second story of a parking garage at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Stratosphere+Tower+Hotel/ian/118903"><b>Stratosphere Hotel</b></a> yesterday.<p><a href="http://www.kxnt.com/Car-Falls-Off-Of-Hotel-Parking-Garage/2496199">KXNT</a> reports:<blockquote><p> The incident happened just after 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon at the Stratosphere Hotel parking garage. All four teenage girls were taken to University Medical Center with minor injuries including fractures, broken bones, cuts, and bruises. There are reports the driver is 17 and didn't even have a driver's license. The other three passengers all under 18. Police are still attempting to figure out what happened.</blockquote></p><p>Double yikes. While we're freaked out about these events in Sin juliana 2008-06-27T14:30:06-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/23/17635/1693 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif">One of our worst nightmares just came true for a bunch of guests staying at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Paris+Las+Vegas/local/111"><b>Paris Las Vegas</b></a>. Four people were inside an elevator on the 30th floor when the cable snapped. <a href="http://www.ksn.com/news/also/20663204.html">KNBC reports</a>: <blockquote><p>The elevator dropped roughly fifteen floors before the brake system kicked in and slowly lowered the people inside to the fourteenth. <p> Officials say once they secured the elevator, crews went through the shaft, cut through the elevator wall and opened the door to get the passengers out.<p> One 60-year-old woman complained of lower back pain, but was treated at the scene. <p> No one else was injured. </blockquote></p><p>We realize this could have been way worse and we are actually quite juliana 2008-06-23T17:09:40-05:00 36.112132 -115.16942 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/9/211941/8481 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Marriott+Miami+Biscayne+Bay/ian/106138"><b>The Marriott Biscayne Bay</b></a> in downtown has been evacuated after a crane accident injured a construction worker yesterday.<p><a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hz3wSSUG1jutdVjde2upbfjrIkVAD916P1GG0">The AP</a> reports:<blockquote><p>Miami Fire Rescue spokesman Ignatius Carroll says the arm extending from the crane became loose, but did not collapse or fall. A worker who was midway up the 212-foot crane was hospitalized with a broken arm. It was not clear how the worker was hurt.</blockquote></p><p>The hotel was evacuated as a precaution. The Marriott is a tall high-rise building and is connected to the to Omni Mall by skywalk. <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g34438-d85031-Reviews-Miami_Marriott_Biscayne_Bay-Miami_Florida.html">Recent reviews</a> called the hotel dated causing us to think maybe the construction work was for hotel renovations. Yet the Miami Fire rescue says the construction work was juliana 2008-06-10T09:00:01-05:00 25.790977 -80.186178 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/