Hair-raising escape as crane falls on hair salon

CUSTOMERS at a hair salon in Dungarvan, Co Waterford, had a miraculous escape yesterday when a crane toppled over in high winds and crashed onto the building.

There were two people in the New Images salon in O’Connell Street when the accident happened shortly before 3.30pm, but they and proprietor Nicola Dee dashed to safety into the street.

Overhead power cables broke the fall of the crane as the jib of the machine tore a gaping hole in the roof of the single-storey premises.