Hyderabad: A 35-year-old woman identified as Rubeena Bibi died after falling into an elevator pit at Hussaini Alam on Friday. Rubeena Bibi was working as a maid in an apartment.
According to the police personnel, Bibi took the lift to reach the fourth floor but due to a power outage, the lift got stuck between the second and third floor. The flat owner and a few others tried to pull Rubina out of the lift and put a chair on the second floor and asked her to step on it. While doing so, she slipped and fell into the elevator pit.
She was rushed to a hospital where doctors pronounced her dead said an official from Hussaini Alam police station.
In another incident, an eight-year-old girl died after she got stuck in the elevator of her apartment in LB Nagar.
Police said, Lasya, a Class 3 student, was playing near her house when the mishap occurred. While she was playing, she got into the elevator by herself and tried to close the iron grill door. While she was trying to pull the door shut, she got stuck between the grill door and the compartment.
She suffered injuries and started crying. Her family members rushed to her rescue. She died while being taken to a nearby private hospital, the police further said.
However, the police said no complaint was lodged.
By Mohammed Hussain mohammedhussain.reporter@gmail.com