NEW YORK -- A 34-year-old man who tried to get out of a stuck elevator fell five stories to his death.
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 another person managed to escape; there is no information on if that person was was hurt.
This particular elevator has a record of violations going back to April of this year, records from the City Department of Buildings show.
It has managed to rack up seven violations, between 2001 and 2008.
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 another person managed to escape; there is no information on if that person was was hurt.
This particular elevator has a record of violations going back to April of this year, records from the City Department of Buildings show.
It has managed to rack up seven violations, between 2001 and 2008.
