Woman hospitalized after fall down Fenway Park elevator shaft

Betallsports · May 17, 2014

BOSTON — Fire officials say a 22-year-old woman is hospitalized after she fell down an elevator shaft at Boston's Fenway Park.

The Boston Fire Department says the woman fell Friday night. The department tweeted that the shaft's fourth-floor doors apparently opened and the woman fell on to the roof of the elevator at the second floor.

Rescuers reached the woman through a hatch in the elevator's roof and transported her to a hospital. A spokesman for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center said no information on the patient was available.

Fire officials say a state elevator inspector was called to the scene.

The Red Sox played the Tigers on Friday.

MikeB · May 17, 2014

Just saw that on the news

I wonder if any alcohol was involved.

Betallsports · May 17, 2014

MikeB said:
Just saw that on the news

I wonder if any alcohol was involved.

My first thought as well. But .... The Boston Fire Department says the woman fell Friday night. The department tweeted that the shaft's fourth-floor doors apparently opened and the woman fell on to the roof of the elevator at the second floor.

even if Drunk, this shouldn't have happened

MikeB · May 17, 2014

I'll take a guess and say that there was a malfunction (as opposed to somebody prying them open), but it still seems weird that somebody would just fall down an elevator shaft.

I'm curious to hear exactly how this happened