Trapped between lift & elevator shaft, boy, 6, dies

HYDERABAD: A six-year-old boy, who was trapped between a lift and the wall of the

elevator shaft

in an apartment on Friday, and was rescued, passed away Saturday due to multi-organ failure while undergoing treatment. Cops suspect a mechanical malfunction of the lift could have led to the tragedy, which unfolded when the boy was entering the elevator. Without warning, the lift moved, leaving the boy's legs suspended in doorframe while his upper body was caught between the elevator & wall of

lift shaft

.