The ECU 911 system reported the event that occurred in a building under construction located in the center-north of Quito.
Integrated Security System ECU 911 I report the entry of a call for help around 2:07 p.m. on March 10, 2022 regarding the fall of a freight elevator (forklift) in a edifice under construction located at the intersection of av. Amazonas and Azuay, in the center-north of Quito.
The elements deployed in the place verified, according to the ECU 911the death of five people because of the incident. Likewise, the existence of a person affected with polytraumatisms was confirmed, the same one who received pre-hospital care at the site and was later transferred to a health home.
No further details of the event are known. Personnel from the Quito Fire Department, the National Police, the Criminalistics Unit and Legal Medicine attended the site. (DLH)
