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More Drama at a Las Vegas Casino Hotel

| June 27, 2008 at 2:30 PM | 0 Comments

As if the elevator free fall 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 Stratosphere Hotel yesterday.

KXNT reports:

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.

Double yikes. While we're freaked out about these events in Sin City yesterday, we feel as if this is barely scratching the surface of accidents and scary incidents that happen in Vegas on a given day.

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Freaky Elevator Free Fall at Paris Las Vegas

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 3655 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], Las Vegas, NV, United States, 89109

| June 23, 2008 at 5:09 PM | 2 Comments

One of our worst nightmares just came true for a bunch of guests staying at the Paris Las Vegas. Four people were inside an elevator on the 30th floor when the cable snapped. KNBC reports:

The elevator dropped roughly fifteen floors before the brake system kicked in and slowly lowered the people inside to the fourteenth.

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.

One 60-year-old woman complained of lower back pain, but was treated at the scene.

No one else was injured.

We realize this could have been way worse and we are actually quite relieved to hear that these elevators come with brake systems. But still, Paris better give those people rooms for free for a year.

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Miami Marriott Evacuated After Crane Accident

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 1633 North Bayshore Drive [map], Miami, FL, United States, 33132

| June 10, 2008 at 9:00 AM | 0 Comments

The Marriott Biscayne Bay in downtown has been evacuated after a crane accident injured a construction worker yesterday.

The AP reports:

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.

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. Recent reviews 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 possible being done on a pier.