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Toddler Dies After Elevator Shaft Fall in Flores, Buenos Aires

Prosecutors ordered forensic tests after early findings indicated the manual-door elevator was operating properly.

Overview

  • The child, about 1 year and 4 months old, fell from an upper floor into the shaft of a 10‑story residential building on Avenida Avellaneda 2400 and was later pronounced dead at Hospital Teodoro Álvarez from polytraumas and cardiac arrest.
  • Community first responders from Jevra Hatzalah provided initial aid before SAME medics and City Firefighters performed CPR and transported the victim.
  • The Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office, led by Marcelo Roma, requested the Mobile Criminalistics Unit and opened a case to determine the cause of death.
  • Investigators are assessing whether a door malfunction or the premature opening of a manual elevator door by another child led to the fall, with preliminary examinations reporting the elevator functioned correctly.
  • The family is receiving psychological support, and Jewish community leaders publicly expressed condolences, identifying the child as Akiva Dabbah.