Hyderabad: Six-year-old boy trapped in elevator dies on Saturday

The boy, Arnav had slipped through the gap between the lift door and the wall, while stepping out of the lift in his residential apartment complex in Shantinagar of Masab Tank on Friday evening.

Hyderabad: A six year-old boy who spent harrowing hours trapped in a lift accident before being rescued in Masab Tank area of Hyderabad, passed away at a city hospital here on Saturday.

The boy, Arnav had slipped through the gap between the lift door and the wall, while stepping out of the lift in his residential apartment complex in Shantinagar of Masab Tank on Friday evening. Panicked at this, he kept screaming which attracted the attention of other residents who rushed to his aid but couldn’t pull him out.

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Alerted by the residents, the police teams rushed to the spot and also the personnel from fire department and the disaster response teams of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. After protracted efforts that included cutting the grills of the elevator and supply of oxygen, the teams could finally get the boy, who had by then in a state of panic lost consciousness, out of the lift.

Arnav was rushed for medical attention and admitted to a hospital. However, the efforts of the doctors to revive the boy failed and he was declared dead on Saturday. The police shifted the body for post-mortem examination to the Osmania General Hospital mortuary.