27.10.2008

Mysterious accident

An anonymous reader has sent us a photograph of an accident that apparently happened this weekend at the Kauri cliffs Golf Course,
in Northland, New Zealand.
A telescopic boomed JLG lift tipped over and its boom came crashing down across a car park hitting the resorts mini bus mid ships.
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The boom came crashing down across a parked minibus

We are fairly confident, but not at all certain, that thanks to a miracle, no one was injured. Although it is hard to understand how an operator might have survived, unless he was wearing a harness and the van acted as a shock absorber preventing the basket from hitting the ground with full force.

How the lift would go over is also hard to comprehend, with a boom extended like this it would take a large deep pothole or something similar.
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The photo might also be a forgery? If so it is a good one, if anyone reading this knows anything we would appreciate hearing.