Chinese repair man crushed to death by elevator
Technician dies in hospital after torso was crushed by lift in tower block in Hangzhou
A young technician has died after getting his torso jammed between a residential elevator in Hangzhou in eastern China.
Police in the city in Zhejiang province found the man in his twenties on Wednesday evening stuck between two floors at around 5.30pm. He was removed by a firecrew and rushed to the hospital about half an hour later with his torso compressed and deformed, the Qianjiang Evening News reported.
“I thought it was just a routine maintenance so I went for the other elevator but I soon realised something was wrong,” according to a witness cited by the newspaper.
The witness, identified only by the surname Wu, had just returned from work. He said he realised the technician was stuck as he did not move or respond when he called to him.