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2011-12-15 12:56:45
NEW YORK (AP) A woman was killed in a freak elevator mishap Wednesday at a
Madison Avenue office building, police and fire officials said.
The accident happened at around 10 a.m. in a 26-story office tower near Grand
Central Terminal that has been the longtime home of advertising agency Y&R,
formerly known as Young & Rubicam.
Officials said the woman was stepping onto the elevator on the first floor when
either her foot or leg became caught in the closing doors. The car then rose
abruptly, dragging her body into the shaft and killing her, officials said.
The elevator then became stuck between the first and second floors. Two people
who were on the elevator were taken to a hospital to be evaluated for
psychological trauma but weren't physically injured, Fire Department officials
said.
Investigators with the fire department, the police department and the city's
buildings department were on the scene in midtown Manhattan. The name of the
victim was not immediately released. Fire and police officials said she was 41.
A spokeswoman for Y&R, which announced just days ago that it planned to vacate
the building for a new headquarters, confirmed that there had been a fatality
but said she couldn't yet provide additional information.
The company is among a number of tenants in the building.
Officials initially said they thought the elevator had fallen two floors.