Noida, April 14: 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. Mumbai Shocker: Four Women Trapped Inside Lift for Two Hours at Palghar Railway Station, Rescued.

“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.

On Thursday, a similar incident had happened at a Greater Noida society. An elevator at Golf Gardenia society in Alpha 2 sector had a free fall from the ground floor to the basement with eight members of a family inside. Horrific Lift Accident: Man Swallowed By Escalator After Falling in Gap, Old Video From Turkey Goes Viral Again.

The family members, who included a two-year-old child and two senior citizens, were unhurt but they remained stuck inside the elevator for nearly two hours, officials said.

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