A paternoster elevator (symbolic image)

Photo: Wolfram Kastl/ dpa

In Berlin, a person was trapped in a paternoster and fatally injured on Thursday afternoon. According to the Berlin police, the person had taken the elevator in a public building in the Schöneberg district near the Wittenbergplatz subway station and had an accident.

A large contingent of the fire brigade was on site. The person died at the scene of the accident, a spokesman said. So far, there are no indications of third-party negligence.

Among other things, the building complex in Kleiststraße houses an eye clinic and a center for physiotherapy and chiropractic.

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