Baby killed and mum injured after plunging 6 storeys when faulty lift wasn’t there when the doors opened

    A six-week-old- baby girl has died after her mum pushed her pram into a lift when the doors opened and the lift wasn’t there The two fell down the left and as they both landed on the roof of the lift, the mother’s weight crushed her infant daughter to death.
   The lift car – which was stuck around 8ft below, between the 22nd and 23rd floors – then plunged 6 storeys before stopping. The tragic accident happened at a high-rise riddled with violations, including 45 directly related to the lifts.

    The 21 year old mother, Aberaqed Al-Rabah, told investigators that she didn’t notice that the elevator car wasn’t there when the doors opened — and just pushed the buggy containing 6-week-old Areej Ali into the open space, police sources said.

    The impact killed the baby and sent the elevator plummeting down to the 17th floor, where first responders pulled them both out. Areej was pronounced dead shortly after at Coney Island Hospital.

    The baby's grandafther, 70 year old, Salah Ali, said the mother is in “bad shape.” “She’s in the hospital. She’s injured,” Ali told reporters at the scene. He said:

“It breaks my heart. That was my grandchild.”

    A neighbour said when Areej’s father came home, he nearly passed out after he was told that his daughter was dead and how she had died.

“They’re all screaming and crying next door,” the neighbour added.

    Another neighbour, Jeff Delacruz, who lives in the building, said his aunt spoke to Aberaqed and she kept saying:

“She keeps saying, ‘Everything is OK. It’s OK. God only gave me my baby for one month . . . She’s probably traumatized,” said Delacruz.

    Residents said they had been trapped in the lift several times and it often just stopped, or the doors had to be forced open.
Elizabeth Delacruz said:

“About a week ago, the same one was out of service. The door just didn’t open,”

    The Bay Park complex has a “chronic problem” with its lifts, according to one of hundreds of Department of Buildings complaints. There’s one active complaint from 30 September about the lift that caused Areej’s death.
    There are also two complaints for that elevator from 17 July that have been resolved and a complaint from 9 March 2015, saying the it is “constantly getting out of service” and “has not been working for 2½ weeks.”

     The Department of Buildings said the elevator involved was last inspected on 8 August, and one non-hazardous violation was issued because the emergency phone in the car didn’t work. But DOB inspectors determined it could “safely remain in operation.”

The Starrett Corporation, which owns the building, issued a statement saying:

“We are saddened by today’s tragic incident . . . The incident is now under active investigation and we are cooperating fully with all authorities and agencies to determine the facts surrounding the event. “We extend our deepest sympathies to the families involved and management is making arrangements to offer grief counseling upon request.”

Colchester dog attack: Parents' tribute to baby killed

   Parents have paid tribute to their four-month old son who was killed in a dog attack, and his 22-month-old brother who was seriously injured.

   Archie Darby died after he was attacked by the dog at his home in Colchester, Essex. His brother Daniel-Jay Darby is in hospital.
   In a statement, their parents said they "were such happy little loveable boys".
Essex Police said the dog - believed to have been a "Staffordshire bull terrier-type" - had been put down.
Their mother sustained minor injuries in the attack inside the house in Harwich Road on Thursday afternoon.
   The boys' parents, who asked not to be named, issued a statement saying: "Our beautiful sons Archie Joe Darby and Daniel-Jay Darby are so, so loved by us all and were such happy little loveable boys.
"It doesn't seem real that our little Archie Bum has gone to heaven and our little Daniel is in intensive care because of a tragic, tragic incident involving a dog attack.
   "We have lost our gorgeous little four-month-old baby and our beautiful 22-month-old boy is currently being treated for his injuries.
   "Heaven has gained a beautiful little angel and he will be greatly missed by us all and our other little soldier is still fighting strong.
"Please, please, please can you all respect our privacy at this time."
    Daniel-Jay was left with "life-changing injuries" in the attack and is being treated at a specialist unit.
Tributes including flowers and toys have been left outside the house. One card left with a bunch of roses read: "RIP little man."
SOURCE: www.naijacop.com

Man Shot, Killed for Not Holding Door Open for Woman at Las Vegas McDonald’s

A 31-year-old man was shot and killed outside of a North Las Vegas McDonald’s, reportedly after getting into an argument with a woman for not holding open the door for her, KSNV reports.
According to the report, Mohammad Robinson got into an argument with a woman who was upset that the door to the McDonald’s was not being held open for her. The woman reportedly went and notified a man she was with about the incident, and that man pulled out a firearm and fatally wounded the 31-year-old father.
“It was a stupid reason honestly, irrelevant. It doesn’t make any sense why would you actually take someone’s life over not opening a door,” Robinson’s 14-year-old daughter Miniya Sampson told the news station. “It’s horrible. I want my dad back and you took him away from me!”
Robinson’s best friend reportedly witnessed the shooting, Sampson said.
Police are looking for the suspect, the station notes, and are hoping that surveillance footage from the McDonald’s will give some leads.

7-time world champion triathlete, Karen Mckeachie, hit & killed by a car while cycling

Karen McKeachie, a seven-time world champion triathlete, was killed after she was hit by a car while cycling. Believed to be the oldest woman to win a triathlon: a multiple-stage competition involving the completion of swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances, the elite athlete was on her bike near the city of Chelsea, US on Friday when she was hit and killed by another vehicle. 63-year-old Karen was inducted into the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame in 2014 and has won US National Championships 17 times.