In June 2018, a 4-year-old died in an elevator accident at a mall.
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Five lift operators, including the companies Schindler and Otis, have been indicted for “manslaughter”, after the death of a four-year-old child in an elevator in Argenteuil (Val-d’Oise), learned franceinfo from the lawyer for the boy’s family, confirming information from the Parisian.
On June 8, 2018, the 4-year-old boy died in front of his family when he was stuck in the chest between the cabin and the landing on the 1st floor of the Côté Seine shopping center in Argenteuil. When the elevator doors opened on the first floor, the device stalled, and the exiting child became trapped.
The five elevator operators were indicted as a legal entity at the end of May and the beginning of June for “involuntary homicide” by an investigating judge of the Pontoise judicial court.
For Yassine Bouzrou, family lawyer, it is “an important step forward but which should have taken place a long time ago”. The lawyer now wishes that“a trial takes place quickly”.