At least three people were injured by an iceberg wall that has collapsed in the Titanic Museum.
On Monday night, an iceberg wall at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee collapsed, injuring at least three visitors.
As reported by Unilad, the victims were taken to a hospital. Mary Kellogg Joslyn and John Joslyn, the museumâs owners, said the extent of their injuries is currently
Iâm at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge after 3 people were hurt when the iceberg wall collapsed. âTicketed passengersâ are allowed in today, but the portion of the exhibit where the iceberg wall once was is blocked off. @6Newspic.twitter.com/ftMesJDsiY
Titanic Museum s iceberg collapses, injures three people Updated
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It is reported that three people were hurt on Monday night at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge after a little part of the iceberg wall collapsed.
NBC WBIR shares that the extent of their injuries are unknown.
The owners, Mary and John Joslyn, further shared with NBC that they never would have expected this incident to happen. We take pride in the quality of our maintenance and have measures in place to ensure that appropriate safety guidelines are upheld.
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FILE - In this April 3, 2012 file photo, visitors check the passenger list against their boarding pass to see if they were a survivor or casualty of the sinking of the ship at the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. The iceberg wall at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Tennessee collapsed and injured three guests, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. The attraction closed Monday night after the collapse but reopened for those with tickets on Tuesday.(Curt Habraken/The Mountain Press via AP, File)
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) – A wall of ice at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Tennessee collapsed and injured three guests, the museum’s owners said.
The extent of injuries to the unidentified people is unknown.
Credit: WBIR Author: Tom Barclay Updated: 6:12 PM EDT August 3, 2021
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn.
UPDATE NOON TUESDAY: The collapse of an icy display that injured three at the Titanic Museum attraction in Pigeon Forge appears to be an accident, according to the Pigeon Forge Police Department.
Authorities were called about 8 p.m. Monday to the scene on the Parkway. Officers arrived to find that a wall of ice display fell and injured several visitors, according to an update Tuesday from the Police Department.
The wall is located on the Promenade Deck, meant to give an example of the bitter nighttime conditions on the night the ship sank. Patrons can touch a large wall of ice.
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Several people were hospitalized Monday night (August 2) after a display at a Tennessee museum accidentally collapsed.
Three visitors to the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge were injured when an iceberg wall exhibit collapsed, sending all three to the hospital with unknown injuries, according to
WBIR. Police responded to the scene around 8 p.m. to find the fallen display and injured visitors on the Promenade Deck, which lets visitors touch the iceberg and experience the nighttime conditions that Titanic passengers felt the night the ship sank.
On Monday night, museum owners
Mary Kellogg Joslyn and