MUMBAI: A 20-year-old man was killed when the elevator he was in crashed in a 25-story building located in the suburb of Vikhroli in Mumbai on Wednesday, according to civic officials.
On Wednesday afternoon, an elevator accident occurred in a building located in the suburb of Vikhroli in Mumbai. At the time of the incident, the elevator, which had a glass cabin, was carrying four occupants.
The accident took place at around 1:30pm in Siddhivinayak Society on Station Road in the eastern part of the city.
They got trapped inside the lift car on the ground floor after the fall.
After being alerted, fire brigade officials reached the spot and opened the lift door.
"Of the four (occupants), three men came out of the lift by themselves," said an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
The firemen used rescue tools to pull the fourth person out. He was rushed to the civic-run Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar where doctors declared him brought dead, said the official.
More details are awaited.
(With inputs from PTI)