Lift plunges 40 floors at south Mumbai high-rise, 1 dead

The lift, in a residential building in south Mumbai, came crashing down during maintenance work.

An elevator came crashing down from the 40th floor of a high-rise in south Mumbai’s Grant Road area today during maintenance work.

A man has been killed in the mishap and another has been hospitalised with head injuries. The two have been identified as Suryakant Ravi Pujari and Anubhav Tripathi.

Pujari, 43, was declared dead on arrival at the hospital while Tripathi is being treated and his condition is said to be stable.