18-yr-old girl crushed under elevator to death

An 18-year-old girl got crushed under an elevator in South Mumbai on Wednesday.

The incident took place in the building premises of Stree Mandal Trust in Sikka Nagar residential Complex on VP Road, when the motor of the old lift crashed down on her, claiming her life.

Jagruti Narayan Viras was on sweeping duty and when she stepped inside the duct to clean the place, the machine suddenly slid downwards and injured her head and back.

“Jagruti’s father, Narayan Viras was inconsolable. He was feeling helpless as he was in the same premises, but not with his daughter,” one of the employees said, adding that the building is in a dilapidated condition.

Senior police inspector of VP Road police station Rajendra Chavan said that an accidental death case has been registered.

Spokeperson from Saifee Hospital Dr S Bopai said Jagruti was brought dead to the  hospital. Her body has been sent to JJ Hospital for post-mortem.