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SUV Plunges Down NYC Garage Elevator Shaft; 2 Hurt

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Rescuers pulled a driver from a vehicle that plunged down an elevator shaft at a parking garage on the Upper East Side on July 17, 2012. (FDNY Photo) Rescuers pulled a driver from a vehicle that plunged down an elevator shaft at a parking garage on the Upper East Side on July 17, 2012. (FDNY Photo)

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NEW YORK (AP) - New York City fire officials say an SUV plunged about 40 feet down an elevator shaft at a Manhattan garage, injuring two people.
    
Media outlets said a parking attendant pulled the SUV into an elevator on the 5th floor - but the lift wasn't there. The vehicle fell to the first floor and landed upside-down.
    
The attendant in the vehicle and another in the elevator were hurt. Both are in stable condition at New York Weill-Cornell Medical Center.
    
Alex Spatt, of Manhattan, was on his way to a gym next door when he saw firefighters pull the car out. He says the roof was badly crushed.
    
The cause of the Tuesday morning accident at a Hertz garage at 76th Street and First Avenue is under investigation.



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