Schindler-made elevator accident

Schindler-made elevator accident

KANAZAWA, Japan - Michiaki Otsuki (L), representative director of Schindler Elevator, leaves the family home in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, of a woman who died when she became wedged between the floor of an ascending elevator and the frame of the doorway at a hotel in Kanazawa in the prefecture. Otsuki visited the woman's relatives on Nov. 2, 2012, to apologize and pay respects.

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