India

4 killed as DDA site lift crashes

Staff Reporter

Four people, including a service engineer died after a lift in Delhi Development Authority (DDA) under-construction site at Narela fell down from height of about 35 feet on Monday evening.

According to Rajneesh Gupta, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Rohini district, the deceased are identified as Pramod (30), Sonu (27) resident of Balia in Uttar Pradesh (UP), Raj kumar (25) resident of Bokaro, Jharkhand and Sonu (25) resident of Jaunpur, UP.

“The incident occurred around about 4.30pm, when service engineer Pramod along with three labourers Sonu, Raj Kumar and Sonu were working on the lift of a DDA Tower Crane Machine when suddenly the lift fell down,” said the DCP.

The injured were rushed to SRHC Hospital in the area where doctors declared them brought dead.