Four injured after falling from home-made lorry pool

BERLIN: Four men in southern Germany were injured in an attempt to build their own pool in the back of a lorry for an internet challenge.
The construction of the makeshift pool was an answer to a call by the internet promotion Grill-Pool Challenge, police said in a statement on Sunday.
The men had converted the back of the lorry into a swimming pool by lining the bed with sheeting and filling it with warm water.
But when another member of the team tried to back the lorry into a hall, the movement caused the water to swing with such force that it ejected the men over the edge of the pool and sent them tumbling down 2.5m to the ground below. Several rescue vehicles brought the men, aged between 31 and 67, to nearby hospitals.
The Grill-Pool-Challenge promotion has spread through social media, calling on participants to throw a grill party in a home-made pool.
Government authorities and at least one truck-maker has issued cautionary statements against participating in the challenge. – dpa