Officials: Grandmother injured falling down elevator shaft in Jersey City building
Officials say the 53-year-old woman remains hospitalized with injuries to her elbow and hips.
Share:
More Stories
1:28
Mostly cloudy skies and scattered afternoon showers in New Jersey
38m ago0:23
Prosecutor: Plainfield man sentenced to 5 years in prison for Bridgewater car crash
1h ago
Siakam helps Pacers beat Knicks 116-103 in Game 6 to send Eastern Conference semifinals to the limit
2h ago0:41
Jersey Proud: Rowan College students hold fashion show at Cherry Hill Mall with their designs
9h ago0:18
Newark police seek public’s help identifying package thief
9h ago2:37
‘We’re asking to fight.’ Parents, students call on officials to save Wayne Catholic school from closing
10h ago1:28
Mostly cloudy skies and scattered afternoon showers in New Jersey
38m ago0:23
Prosecutor: Plainfield man sentenced to 5 years in prison for Bridgewater car crash
1h agoSiakam helps Pacers beat Knicks 116-103 in Game 6 to send Eastern Conference semifinals to the limit
2h ago0:41
Jersey Proud: Rowan College students hold fashion show at Cherry Hill Mall with their designs
9h ago0:18
Newark police seek public’s help identifying package thief
9h ago2:37
‘We’re asking to fight.’ Parents, students call on officials to save Wayne Catholic school from closing
10h agoA woman survived a 16-foot fall down an elevator shaft inside a Jersey City building. It happened on Monday afternoon inside an apartment complex at 11-13 Gifford Avenue.
Tenants in the building heard her cries for help and ran to see what happened.
Officials say the 53-year-old woman remains hospitalized with injuries to her elbow and hips.
She was with her granddaughter getting the mail on the first floor. As she opened the door to get back on the elevator, it wasn’t there. When operating normally, that door shouldn’t open.
Brandon Rennick was on the third floor inside of an apartment with a friend. He heard the woman yelling for help.
“The grandmother assumed the elevator was still there on the first floor and she opened it but tried to go in backward thinking the elevator was still there and she fell,” Rennick says.
The building is owned by a limited liability company out of Lakewood and is managed by Cross Country Management.
That organization put out a statement on Wednesday, stating, “Tenant safety and security are our top priority. We are actively investigating the incident along with our elevator company.”
Because of her injuries, firefighters were not able to lift the victim to the first floor. Instead, they drilled a hole into the elevator to access her from the basement.
