US EditionTeenager Injured, But Recovering After Freak Accident At Windsor Locks Bowling Center
WINDSOR LOCKS, CONNECTICUT, AUG 11 – The 16-year-old was pinned by the heavy sweeper bar causing loss of consciousness before being freed and hospitalized, with recovery ongoing, police said.
- In Windsor Locks, Connecticut, a 16-year-old employee at Spare Time bowling alley was pinned under a sweeper bar Sunday at about 4:20 p.m., police said.
- Investigators found the teenage employee was pinched under the sweeper bar as it descended while clearing the lane.
- Police said other employees lifted the bar to free the teenager, who first responders found unresponsive with a faint pulse and shallow breathing.
- At Hartford Hospital, the teenager is recovering Monday morning after being pinned under a sweeper bar, police said.
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the incident, which follows two 2022 fatalities involving pin-setting equipment.
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Conn. teen bowling alley worker trapped under pin sweeper, hospitalized
A 16-year-old bowling alley employee was pulled from a pin-sweeping bar that trapped the worker under its weight Sunday. “Unable to escape from the sweeper bar’s weight and pressure (his/her) breathing became restricted resulting in a loss of consciousness,” the Windsor Locks Police Department posted on Facebook. Spare Time Entertainment in Windsor Locks CT. (Google) Authorities said the victim’s coworkers managed to raise the bar manually and f…
Teen seriously injured after getting caught under sweeping bar at CT bowling alley
Other employees were able to raise the bar to free the 16-year-old who was unresponsive with only a faint pulse and shallow breathing before they were transported to Hartford Hospital.
New England teen hospitalized after getting trapped by bowling alley lane machinery
A teenager in Connecticut was unable to breathe when they became trapped in a bowling lane Sunday. At about 4:20 p.m., a 16-year-old employee at Spare Time bowling in Windsor Locks was unresponsive, the Windsor Locks Police Department said on Facebook.
16-year-old pinned by sweeper bar at Windsor Locks bowling alley
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (WTNH) — Windsor Locks police say a 16-year-old employee at Spare Time Windsor Locks is recovering after being pinned down by a sweeper bar. Police said it was around 4:20 p.m. Sunday when they responded to the bowling alley at 129 Ella Grasso Turnpike for report of a teenager trapped in the bowling lane. Windsor Locks man dies in Berlin crash Upon arrival, crews found the 16-year-old unresponsive, with only a faint pu…
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