A woman was trapped and left inside the elevator for weeks in a certain building located at the northern city in China. The state media on Sunday reported the incident and the shocking truth was revealed to the entire community.
On January 30, a group of workers who belong to the maintenance team were tasked to repair an elevator that encountered several electrical failures. When they came inside the building, the elevator was reportedly stuck between the 10th and 11th floors. The crew went near the main lift cables and shouted towards the elevator car to check if there was someone in it. Since the group didn't hear any response, one of them went into the control cabinet and turned off the power supply.
Unfortunately, the scheduled repair was not completed on that particular day leaving the woman inside the elevator all by herself. Due to the Chinese New Year celebration in the succeeding week as well, the repairmen didn't return to the area until March 1, 2016.
After a month, the repairmen lifted the elevator and opened the landing doors. All of them were shocked on their horrific discovery. The workers saw tons of desperate scratches on the walls of the lift and the lifefess 43-year-old victim was lying on the floor. The woman's body was already in a decomposing state when it was retrieved from the location.
According to the government's crime investigation team, the death of the woman was caused by gross negligence and failure of the maintenance company to conduct thorough check before cutting the power of the machine. There should have been proper procedures followed by the repair team to verify if anyone was left inside the elevator.
