Coroner warns of escalator dangers following death of elderly man

A CORONER warned of the dangers of using escalators yesterday after hearing how a simple stumble led to the tragic death of an elderly man.

Patrick Walsh, 82, from Muskerry Estate in Ballincollig, Co Cork, died on September 10 last just days after falling down an escalator in Debenhams department store in Mahon Point, Cork.

Cork City Coroner’s Court heard how Mr Walsh and his wife, Freda, were on a shopping trip to the store on Saturday, September 6, when the accident occurred.