Child Injured in Thane Elevator Fall

An 11-year-old child was injured on October 21 when an elevator at a residential high rise in Thane, India, crashed from the first floor, The Print reports. The incident occurred in a 41-story building on Pokhran Road No. 1 when the cable of the lift snapped after reaching the first floor. The lift then fell back to the ground floor. Emergency response teams, including personnel from the Vartaknagar police station, fire brigade with one emergency tender and staff from the Disaster Management Cell with a pickup vehicle, arrived swiftly at the scene, according to the source. Three other people in the lift were unhurt and the child suffered an injury to their left leg.