Oklahoma City district investigates why faulty elevator wasn't fixed (w/ Video)
Nov 21, 2011 11:32 AM
From The Daily Oklahoman:
Oklahoma City School Superintendent Karl Springer says the
door to an elevator at Classen School of Advanced Studies
shouldn't
have been open or unlocked last week when three girls opened it and
were trapped and nearly crushed. The district also is trying to
determine why the elevator missed a required annual inspection for
the last two years. The girls saw the open door and walked into the
elevator shaft. The door closed, and they were locked in the shaft as
the elevator started coming down toward them. The girls called 911
and tried to hold the elevator off a it pressed against them. After
45 minutes firefighters and an elevator technician freed them, and
the girls were treated for injuries.
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