MECHANIC CRUSHED
TO DEATH IN WEST SIDE OF MANHATTAN ELEVATOR SHAFT INCIDENT
Friday, Jan 9, 2015 • Updated at 4:47 PM EST
A 30-year-old mechanic was crushed to death by an
elevator car in Manhattan Friday morning, authorities say.
The man was in an elevator shaft at a building on West
End Avenue on the Upper West Side when an empty elevator moved down three
floors, pinning him underneath it, Roger Sakowich, a deputy assistant fire
chief, told the wall Street Journal. He said it wasn't clear if the elevator
fell.
The man was pronounced dead shortly after the accident.
The city's buildings department is investigating.