Watch: Valet drives car into parking lift shaft, plunges 2 floors
A valet attendant in Mumbai was injured after driving a car into an open parking lift shaft at a residential building. The attendant survived the 25-foot fall, and the incident is currently under police investigation as a case of human error.
Why it matters
The accident underscores safety risks associated with automated parking systems and the importance of operational protocols in high-rise residential buildings.
MUMBAI: A car, with the valet attendant seated inside, tumbled about 25 feet down a parking lift shaft at a housing society in Charkop Sector 3, Kandivli West, around 9.30 pm on Monday. The incident occurred at the ground-plus-21-storey Horizon Gold building near Ganesh Chowk. According to information provided by the police, the fire brigade and the owner of the car, Subhash Kumar Yadav, the valet attendant was steering the car parked on the second-floor podium out of the building at the owner's request. Yadav seemed to be unaware that the parking platform was not aligned with the lift and drove into the shaft instead. The Alto car, with Yadav seated inside, fell about 25 feet. People pre sent in the building managed to extricate Yadav and took him to the Aastha Hospital in Kandivli. "It is an unfortunate incident.
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