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Six men on a stag weekend in Newquay have survived after a hotel lift plummeted 100ft (30m) down a shaft.A total of 85 emergency service personnel, were involved in the rescue at the Hotel Victoria in Newquay on Friday evening.
The lift transports hotel guests to a small cove below the cliffs.
A 42-year-old man from Surrey is in the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro with a leg injury. Two others were slightly hurt. An investigation has begun.
The six men were part of a group of nine from Surrey who were in Newquay for a double stag party. Both grooms were in the lift when the accident happened.
Sea access
One of the group, Neil McCracken, said initially the lift became trapped between two floors, before it fell.
Another, Carl White, described the incident as "terrifying".
A Maritime and Coastguard Agency spokesman said the men were trapped after the impact buckled the lift door.
Because the incident happened shortly before high tide, the only access to the cove was from the sea.
Fire crews had to be transferred to the cove by Newquay's two inshore lifeboats, with coastguard cliff rescue teams standing by.
The men were freed and taken to Newquay harbour by lifeboat, before one, 42-year-old Stephen Dinsdale from Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, was transferred to hospital by ambulance.
Devon and Cornwall Police and the Health and Safety Executive said they were investigating the incident.
Tracey Hawke Treneer, from Falmouth Coastguard, said it was a "miracle" no-one was seriously hurt.This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.