Construction elevator plummets 8 meters, kills worker and leaves another injured in Camboriú

Military Fire Department responded to the incident Fire Department/Disclosure A 57-year-old man died and another 29-year-old man was injured after the elevator of a building under construction collapsed in Camboriú, on the North Coast of Santa Catarina, on Wednesday (12). The fall was from a height of 8 meters. The case will be investigated by the Civil Police, which did not provide further details of the incident. According to the Fire Department, the steel cable of the equipment broke when the victims were transporting a cart with dough. The names of the workers were not disclosed. ?Click and follow the g1 SC channel on WhatsApp g1 was trying to contact those responsible for the project until the last update of this report. The accident happened around 1:30 pm, on Rua São Caetano. When firefighters arrived, the two victims were lying on the ground at the bottom of the pit. Despite treatment, the older worker did not survive his injuries and died at the scene. The other employee suffered multiple fractures and had to be taken to Marieta Konder Bornhausen Hospital. ? Camboriú is recognized as a “sister city” of Balneário Camboriú, a municipality that emancipated itself from part of the territory in 1964. Located in one of the main centers of commerce, production, tourism and logistics in the South of Brazil, Camboriú also moves the civil construction sector. READ ALSO: Suspects of attack on capuchin monkey in park are identified Capuchin monkey is attacked by visitor in ecological park in Maracajá (SC) VIDEOS: most watched on g1 SC in the last 7 days