Elevator crashes to ground with 7 students inside

Monday, January 30, 2017, 23:27:46 HaberTürk

7 students crashed to the ground in an elevator.

An elevator carrying 7 students crashed to the ground in a building in Kocaeli.

7 students in an elevator in a building in Kocaeli crashed to the ground from the 9th floor after the rope gave out. Luckily, no one's nose even bled, but medical teams intervened for a student who went into shock

A lift carrying 7 students in the İzmit district of Kocaeli crashed to the ground from the 9th floor after the rope gave out. One of the students who was pulled out of the elevator by the apartment residents went into shock.

The incident took place at around 21:30 in an apartment in a housing complex located on Eski İstanbul Yolu Street in İzmit's 28 Haziran Mahallesi.

According to information obtained, 7 students who returned home in the evening got into the elevator to go to their homes on the 9th floor. The students inside panicked when the elevator, which went up to the 9th floor, remained on the floor for a long time but its doors did not open. After a while, the elevator rope gave out and he fell to the ground floor with 7 students inside, crashing to the ground.

The residents of the apartment building who heard the loud noise and screams of the students when the elevator crashed, called the 112 Emergency Service and asked for help. Upon notification, ambulance and firefighters were dispatched to the scene.

The health teams that arrived at the scene in a short time treated the students who were removed with the help of the apartment residents. While 6 of the 7 students got out of the elevator without even a nosebleed, the student named U.E. who had a panic attack was calmed down by the 112 teams.

The student named U.E., who was treated on the stairs for a while, returned home after the treatment in the ambulance. The firefighters dispatched to the scene took safety precautions in the elevator and left the scene.