Crime & Safety

Peabody Woman Part of Wedding Drone Lawsuit

The Windham, N.H. wedding used a drone to take pictures of the ceremony, which allegedly collided with two women on the dance floor.

WINDHAM, NH – The Associated Press reports that two women who were allegedly hit by a drone at a wedding are suing the groom and the event company.

According to the AP, the groom was piloting the drone to take pictures of the Aug. 8 wedding at Searles Castle when it hit Kelly Eaton of Peabody and Kneena Ellisa of Seabrook. The lawsuit, filed on Dec. 1, claims they suffered permanent physical and emotional injury from the collision.

The lawsuit alleges the drone hit the women while they were on the dance floor, and the pair suffered concussions as a result.

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Searles Castle is an English Tudor castle surrounded by a 175 acre estate in Windham, according to its website.

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