Man killed‚ another critical after elevator plunges three stories

A man has been killed and another critically injured this morning after an elevator plunged three storeys at a business in Hunter Lane Road in Durban.

Russel Meiring‚ ER24 spokesperson‚ said in a statement today that paramedics‚ along with provincial services‚ arrived to assist but found a man had already “succumbed to his multiple fatal injuries“.

His colleague‚ also a male‚ was treated on scene and provided him with advanced life support. “Once freed from the elevator‚ he was transported to Addignton Hospital for urgent medical treatment.”

An inquiry into the cause of the accident is under way.