Nine people were injured in a hotel elevator malfunction incident in Noida on Friday. Three of the victims suffered bone fractures, police said.
Nine people were injured after an elevator at a hotel here malfunctioned and had a free fall from the third to the ground floor, police officials said on Friday.
Three of the injured at the hotel near Baraula in Sector 49 suffered bone fractures, they said.
“The incident was reported from Regenta Hotel and nine people suffered injuries in it. Six people had minor injuries while three have got their bones fractured,” Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Shakti Avasthy said.
“Prima facie, it appears the incident took place because of overloading,” Avasthy said.
Those severely injured were hospitalised, police said, adding further proceedings in the case are being carried out.