Article: Man trapped in lift at Lawnton Train Station

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Man trapped in lift at Lawnton Train Station

Man trapped in lift at Lawnton Train Station
Article from: The Courier-Mail

Robyn Ironside

October 16, 2009 06:10am

FIRE and ambulance crews have descended upon Lawnton Train Station just north of Brisbane where a man is stuck in a lift.
A Department of Community Safety spokeswoman said the man was a bit agitated and all efforts were being made to free him.

"They're trying to find a key,'' she said.

Train services on the Petrie line are operating as normal.

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So much for the reliability of lifts and the current levels of maintence, again further reason for ramps to provide disability access and subways instead of overhead footbridges to reduce the lengths of ramps.
Suppose a disabled or handicaped person gets stuch in a lift during a power outage which would also disable most of the emergency communication system at an unattended station and gets stressed to the point of a heart attack and they die, who accepts the responsibility.

[Derwan]

Update here:

UPDATE: A MAN trapped in a lift at Lawnton train station north of Brisbane has been taken to Redcliffe Hospital after being freed by fire officers.

The 21-year-old man was suffering shortness of breath after spending an hour in the confined space.

Fire and paramedics attended the scene but the incident did not disrupt train services on the Petrie line.