Swedish authorities say all 5 individuals inside a development web site elevator had been killed when it plunged to the bottom in Stockholm
ByThe Related Press
December 12, 2023, 7:45 AM
Swedish police arrive on the web site the place a development elevator crashed to the bottom on a constructing web site severely injuring a number of individuals in Sundbyberg, north of Stockholm, Sweden, Monday Dec. 11, 2023. The development elevator fell 20 meters (66 ft) with 4 or 5 individuals inside in Sundbyberg, within the north of the town, Kurt Jonsson, a spokesman for the rescue service, instructed Swedish information company TT. (Claudio Bresciani/TT Information Company by way of AP)
The Related Press
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — All 5 individuals inside a development web site elevator that crashed to the bottom in Stockholm have died, a Swedish prosecutor mentioned Tuesday.
Authorities had beforehand solely reported that the occupants had been severely injured when the elevator plummeted 20 meters (66 ft) in Sundbyberg, a Stockholm suburb, on Monday. It’s nonetheless unclear what induced the accident. Building on the web site has been stopped.
Gunnar Jonasson, the senior prosecutor in cost, mentioned there may be an ongoing preliminary investigation, together with by the Nationwide Accident Fee, on suspicion of “work atmosphere violations inflicting the demise of one other.”
“It is a severe incident that we are actually investigating,” Jonasson mentioned. He added that authorities are engaged on guaranteeing the identification of the deceased and phone is being made with family members.
The prosecutor mentioned nothing extra about how or when the victims died within the transient assertion.
A spokesman for the corporate that manufactured the elevator instructed the Aftonbladet tabloid on Monday that that kind has been used around the globe for greater than 20 years, and the corporate had by no means been concerned in such an incident earlier than.