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Seriously injured after being trapped in a freight elevator in Arrecife

The 42-year-old accident victim has been transferred in a medical ambulance to Molina Orosa

Seriously injured after being trapped in a forklift in Arrecife

A 42-year-old man has been seriously injured after being trapped in a freight elevator in a furniture store on the Atlantic Ocean street in Arrecife.

The accident occurred around 12:15 this Wednesday, when CECOES received the alert. Local Police, two ambulances, one medicalized and one basic life support, and the Emergency Consortium have traveled to the scene.

When the firefighters arrived, the affected person had already been rescued from the freight elevator and was being attended to by the health personnel. The Consortium personnel were in charge of lowering him from the second floor to the medicalized ambulance. Once stabilized, he has been evacuated to Molina Orosa.