Sunday, July 24, 2016

Worker at La Reguera Dominicana' on West 182nd Street in Washington Heights crushed to death by freight elevator


Washington Heights store worker killed in tragic freight elevator accident






Eyewitness News
Sunday, July 24, 2016 01:02AM
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) -- A worker at a store in Manhattan was killed in a tragic freight elevator accident.

The accident happened Saturday evening at 'La Reguera Dominicana' on West 182nd Street in Washington Heights.

Police say a 43-year-old man was loading merchandise into a freight elevator, when the elevator started to ascend, pinning him.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.