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Baeza Mayor Hurt in Home Elevator Fall, Airlifted to Jaén After Multiple Fractures

Firefighters report a broken steel cable as the likely cause.

Overview

  • Emergency line 112 received the alert at 12:37 about an elevator fall in a home on Calle Concepción in Baeza.
  • Responders forced open the cabin to allow medical access, and the mayor was initially taken to Hospital San Juan de la Cruz in Úbeda.
  • The city later said he suffered multiple fractures and was transferred by helicopter to the provincial hospital in Jaén.
  • Firefighters indicated the elevator dropped two floors after the rupture of steel cables supporting the cabin.
  • Health sources earlier reported he was conscious, with an official medical bulletin and technical findings still pending.