SPLASHING the cash! Gut-wrenching moment homeowner’s new £5,000 hot tub slips free from crane’s ropes and crashes 60ft to earth
- The luxury wood-panelled hot tub slipped and tumbled 60 feet to the ground
- A woman can be heard screaming in the clip seconds before disaster struck
- Steaming homeowner said they are expecting a new one to be delivered soon
A homeowner was left spitting with rage after their new £5,000 hot tub was destroyed as it was being delivered.
Gut-wrenching footage shows the luxury wood-panelled item slip free from its guide ropes and fall 60-foot before smashing into a front garden.
A woman can be heard screaming barely seconds before the disaster unfolds in Swansea, Wales.
This is the moment a £5,000 hot tub slips and smashes on the ground as it is being delivered in Swansea, Wales. The homeowner is said to have been left spitting with rage
The hot tub suddenly tilted 40 degrees and plummeted to the ground in the residential street
The video, shot on July 13, shows a crane slowly raising a hot tub into a customer’s back garden.
But it tips at a 40 degree angle and tumbles to the ground, making a loud ‘bang’ upon impact.
A neighbour who took the footage but did not wish to be named said: ‘I watched the whole thing. I saw the crane right over the top of the house and thought: “What are they doing there?”.’
‘It had a guide rope to stop it slipping, but the whole thing tilted at a 40 degree angle and slid straight down.
The crane driver was described as ‘shaken but unhurt’ by the incident
‘It landed in their garden and just missed the porch and house.
‘It made a hell of a crack, it could have gone straight through the roof.’
The owner, who did not wish to be named, said they hoped another would be delivered within days.
The crane driver was described as being ‘shaken but unhurt’.