By - Associated Press - Thursday, February 18, 2021
NEW YORK (AP) - A 25-year-old mechanic was crushed to death Thursday when an elevator he was working on fell on him in the Bronx, authorities said.
The accident happened at about 9:30 a.m. in a building in the Mount Eden neighborhood, police said. The victim was crushed by the elevator and was pronounced dead at a local hospital, they said. His name was not immediately released.
A city Department of Buildings spokesperson said mechanics working for Champion Elevator Corp. were performing modernization work on the elevator when it fell down the shaft and crushed one of the mechanics.
The victim was assisting a fellow mechanic in the borough’s Mount Eden section shortly after 9:30 a.m. when the lift suddenly gave way and pinned him underneath, officials said.
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