Waitress Head Crushed In Dumbwaiter

 

According to Winona Daily News, a waitress died of severe head injuries after getting her head caught in a dumbwaiter at a Wisconsin restaurant last week, a post-mortem examination has found.  Sad!
Brooke Baures "sustained fatal crushing injuries to her brainstem and cerebellum," according to the findings.

The 21-year-old university gymnast was working at WingDam Saloon and Grill in Fountain City when the freak accident happened on 1 December.

Ms Baures's boyfriend Joel Hinke told a memorial he had hoped to marry her Witness statements indicate she was the only person who could have pressed the food elevator's control button on the upper floor, say police.

Investigators believe her head was almost entirely inside the machine when it descended, before it dragged her down.

Ms Baures died at the scene

Fountain City Police said: "The cook, who was located in the kitchen, heard the food elevator begin to descend to his access point on the first floor.

"He didn't hear vocalizations of any kind. When the cab landed on the first floor he walked up expecting to see dirty dishes and immediately recognized that a person was trapped inside." 

Ms Baures died at the scene.

The dumbwaiter has since been permanently removed from the restaurant

The Winona Daily News reports a distraught colleague told a 911 dispatcher: "I think one of my co-workers got (caught) in, like, our dumbwaiter, but I’m not willing to look close enough."

Officials say the dumbwaiter did not have any doors, requiring operators to keep clear of the device as it rose or descended. 

The machine has since been permanently removed.

Police said no crime had occurred.