Nov 8, 2009 10:09 am US/Eastern
Man, 34, Dies After Fall Down NYC Elevator Shaft
BROOKLYN (CBS) ―
A 34-year-old man who tried to exit a stuck elevator died after falling five stories down a Brooklyn elevator shaft.
Police say the man had been trying to jump out of a disabled elevator car when his clothing caught on something.
The man was unconscious and unresponsive when emergency responders brought him to Bellevue Hospital Center. He was pronounced dead at around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, about three hours after the fall in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.
Police say there's no suspected criminality, but the Buildings Department is investigating.
The NYPD has a uniformed force of at least 37,000.
(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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