An elevator mechanic s failure to execute basic safety procedures caused an elevator at a New York City building to plunge six stories and crush a co-worker to death, prosecutors say.
The Bronx district attorney said Peter Milatz was criminally negligent in failing to secure the elevator that plunged six stories and killed Joseph Rosa, 25.
Peter Milatz was charged with criminally negligent homicide for the death of apprentice mechanic Joseph Rosa at a Bronx building where the men were working to modernize the elevator.