Off the wire
• China to promote employment of college graduates  • Weather forecast for world cities -- May 10  • Shanghai SIPG lose to Western Sydney Wanderers 3-2  • Weather forecast for major Chinese cities, regions -- May 10  • Japan's gov't debt reaches record high by end of fiscal 2016  • (BRF) Across China: China's largest land port more dynamic under Belt and Road  • Ukraine appoints acting governor of central bank  • Oslo to spend 2.2 mln USD to control begging, homelessness  • (BRF) China Focus: Grasping career opportunities under Belt and Road Initiative  • Outgoing French president chairs last defense council  
You are here: 　 Home

Spain probes death of 2 teenagers in elevator accident

Xinhua, May 10, 2017 Adjust font size:

Spanish authorities on Wednesday continued to investigate a freak elevator accident in Madrid in which two 17-year-olds lost their lives.

The accident happened at around 17.00 hours on Tuesday afternoon in the exclusive "Barrio Salamanca" district in the center of Madrid.

The two youngsters, a boy and a girl, died when the floor of the elevator they were in gave way on the ninth floor of the building, causing them to drop into the void below and fall to their deaths.

Emergency services confirmed the teenagers, who were described as "friends", died as the result of "multiple traumas".

Following the accident, psychologists from the Samur Civil protection agency attended friends and family of the two victims in a mobile hospital which they erected in the street outside of the building where the accident happened.

Neighbors confirmed to local media that the building where the accident happened had only recently undergone renovation work and that the elevator had its safety certificate in order. Endit