5 year old boy dies at revolving restaurant in Atlanta Georgia

A 5-year-old boy died Friday after being crushed to death by a revolving restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia. The incident occurred at the Sun Dial, a 73-story restaurant at the top of Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel that rotates full circle. The restaurant offers a 360-degree view of the city, police said. According to Atlanta Police Department spokesman Warren Pickard, the boy and his family were visiting from Charlotte and had gone to the restaurant for lunch.

The boy wandered 4 to 5 feet away from his parents’ table when he became entrapped between a rotating portion of the floor and a wall, a space of about 4 to 5 inches, Pickard said:

“We simply think he lost sight of his parents and panicked and found himself in that situation”.  

“A small child doesn’t know what to do in those moments, and it crushed his little small body.”

Staff and dining guests immediately tried to give the child first aid.

Firefighters were called out  around 3:30 p.m. Investigators said the boy was pinned between a rotating table and a door at the restaurant. It took rescue crews about 30 minutes to free the child. Officials said the child was bleeding from the head. Medics rushed the child to an area hospital where the boy later died.

Pickard continued.

“They were moving furniture, they were pulling chairs — chairs that were bolted to the floor — they were pulling them up to try to get the child out,” he explained.

The hotel manager for the Westin Peachtree Plaza, George Reed, said in a statement that the hotel will continue working with authorities and assist them in their investigation. The Manager said:

“Words cannot express the depths of our sorrow. Our thoughts remain with the family,” he said.

The boy died from injuries

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