5 individuals significantly injured when a building website elevator plunged to the bottom in Sweden

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A building website elevator plunged to the bottom in Stockholm on Monday, significantly injuring 5 individuals, Swedish authorities mentioned.

Oscar Davila, of the Greater Stockholm hearth division, advised Swedish public broadcaster SVT that there have been 5 individuals contained in the elevator “and they are seriously injured.” Further particulars about their accidents weren’t instantly out there.

The building elevator plummeted 20 meters (66 ft) in Sundbyberg, within the north of town, Kurt Jonsson, a spokesman for the rescue service, advised Swedish information company TT.

Police mentioned that no foul play was suspected and a preliminary investigation has been launched into “work environment violations.”

Swedish media carried photographs of first responders on the website and the realm cordoned off.

A spokesman for the corporate that manufactured the elevator advised the Aftonbladet tabloid 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.