A 48-year-old Huntington Beach woman employed at Cal State Long Beach was killed after trying to escape from a malfunctioning elevator at the university, according to a news report.
Long Beach Fire Department officials said that Annette Lujan, who was employed in the university’s grants and contracts office, was the lone rider in an elevator in the university’s Foundation building that got stuck between floors. Lujan attempted to crawl out when the elevator shifted and crushed her. It took firefighters more than an hour to lift the elevator up and off Lujan.
Cal-OSHA is investigating the accident, according to university officials.
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