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Denmark: Disco ball falls from ceiling, seriously injuring man

From Helsingin Sanomat · () Finnish

Translated from Finnish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A man in his 40s suffered serious injuries when a large disco ball fell from the ceiling at a corporate party in Copenhagen’s Refshaleøen district on Friday evening.
  • Three other people sustained minor injuries, while the man’s condition improved from critical and he was no longer in life-threatening danger.
  • Police closed the event area and are investigating how the disco ball, which had been secured with wires, came loose.

A large disco ball broke loose from the ceiling at a corporate party in Copenhagen and struck a man in his 40s on the head, seriously injuring him.

The accident happened on Friday evening in the Refshaleøen area, where several thousand people were attending the event. Three other people suffered minor injuries.

The injured man was initially in critical condition. Mads Østermark, the duty chief of Copenhagen police, told Danish media that he was later no longer in life-threatening danger.

A photograph from the venue showed the large disco ball lying on the floor, with several police officers at the scene. Østermark said the ball had been attached to the ceiling with wires. The event area was closed after the accident, and police are investigating what happened.

He is no longer in life-threatening danger.

· Mads ØstermarkThe Copenhagen police duty chief described the injured man’s condition after it initially became critical.
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Originally published by Helsingin Sanomat in Finnish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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