Boy, 5, crushed to death after getting trapped at Atlanta's rotating restaurant https://t.co/Dt9KyAak2Q pic.twitter.com/Yv15920tWL — Yahoo (@Yahoo) April 16, 2017A 5-year-old boy died over the weekend after being caught between the floor and wall of a rotating restaurant atop a skyscraper in downtown Atlanta, police said. At some point, the boy wandered from the window table where the family was sitting and got pinned in the space between the rotating floor and part of the stationary wall, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The floor shut off automatically when the boy became stuck in the 4- to 5-inch gap, police told local media. Warren Pickard told local media. Westin Peachtree Plaza Manager George Reed told local media in a statement the hotel was working with local authorities to investigate the accident.

Source: Washington Post April 17, 2017 06:29 UTC