Elevator kills mechanic in Bronx building
An elevator fell on a recently married mechanic in a Bronx building Thursday morning — killing him, police said.
The 25-year-old was working on the lift in an apartment building on East Clarke Place in Mount Eden just after 10 a.m. when it fell and pinned him underneath, according to cops.
Police and firefighters were able to pull him from the shaft, and EMS rushed him to Bronx Lebanon Hospital, but he could not be saved.
The worker was a Champion Elevator employee, who had recently gotten married, his employer confirmed at the building.
A building resident, who asked not to be named, said “It was horrible.”
“I saw him. He was dead down at the bottom of the shaft. His body was crushed.”
“It’s such a sad thing, for a 25-year-old to be gone at such a young age, it sucks,” another resident said.
New York City’s Emergency Management Department and Department of Buildings were on scene.