JOIN USA 14-year-old boy and his family driver were killed when the car they were sitting in fell down the car elevator shaft here on Wednesday evening.
The car plunged two stories down the car elevator shaft of 22-storeyed Iqbal Heights in the Agripada area of south Mumbai. The teenager Hafiz Patel and Javed Iqbal (26) died in the accident.
The Mumbai Police, which is investigating the matter, is looking at multiple CCTV footages, to ascertain what exactly happened.
Patel lived in Iqbal Heights with his parents and two sisters in the building which is near Maratha Mandir cinema hall.
Initial investigations revealed that it was Patel who was at the wheels. He was approaching the door of the second floor car lift shaft in reverse when it appears to have pressed the accelerator and banged on the shaft.
“The lift door opened due to the force of the impact, and the car fell into the elevator duct,” said a police officer, adding that the two victims were stuck inside the car, a Toyota Etios, for a very long time.