Florida dockside restaurant’s deck gives way, injuring 2 people

Two individuals have been injured at a Florida dockside restaurant Friday after a portion of the dock collapsed into the water.

An unidentified girl from Virginia who was on the Flip Flops Dockside Eatery in Fort Lauderdale fell into the water round 5 p.m. after a 10-foot part of the dock the place she was standing all of the sudden gave means, Miami FOX station WSVN-TV reported. 

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The girl and her husband, who fell into the water after she did, have been on the restaurant to have fun the fiftieth birthday of her buddy, Karey Gore.   

“We have been simply standing on the dock, and it broke, and three of us jumped off,” visitor Keira Anderson advised WSVN. “[A guest] slid in, after which her husband slid in after her.”

Noticing the distressed couple, visitor Mike Gore (whose relation to the birthday honoree, if any, was not instantly identified) plunged into the water to rescue them, in accordance with the report. 

Mike Gore assisted the couple, ushering them to the opposite facet of the pier, relatively than again onto the damaged part, the place they reportedly climbed out. 

The Virginia girl and Mike Gore have been handled on the scene for minor accidents. The girl was later transported to Holy Cross Well being for a minimize on her again, whereas Gore had cuts and bruises on his physique, WSVN reported.

The dock had obvious indicators of decay, Fort Lauderdale Fireplace Rescue Battalion Chief Stephen Gollan stated, the Solar-Sentinel reported.