Man is crushed to death by a 600-pound SAFE that tipped over and pinned him against a wall in a New York office
- Man dies after he and two others tried to move a safe in a Chinatown building
- The three men were moving the safe from the fourth floor to the third floor
- On third floor landing, the safe tipped over and pinned the man against the wall
- One of the other men was seriously injured and rushed to a local hospital
A man died after he was pinned to the wall by a safe that weighed at least 600 pounds while trying to move it in a Manhattan office building.
Officials said the man and two others were moving the safe between offices inside a building in Chinatown at around 4:30pm on Sunday afternoon.
The man who died was on one side of the safe, while the other two were on the other side, according to the New York Daily News.
As they pushed the safe from the fourth floor toward the third floor landing, it tipped, pinning the man against a wall and crushing him, according to authorities.
Police remove the body of a man who was crushed to death by a safe in a building in the Chinatown section of Manhattan on Sunday
The man and two others were trying to move a safe that weighed at least 600 pounds from the fourth floor to the third floor
The safe tipped over and pinned the man against the wall, crushing him to death, authorities said
The safe is estimated to have weighed between 600 and 1,000 pounds.
One of the other men is reported to have been rushed to hospital in serious condition, according to the New York Post.
A large crowd of onlookers gathered outside the building while police and emergency crews responded to the scene
One of the other men who helped move the safe was injured and rushed to hospital, according to a local media report
Police arrived on the scene and found a man unconscious and unresponsive.
First responders who rushed to the scene pronounced him dead.
The investigation is ongoing.