Crime & Safety
Queens Restaurant Worker Fatally Crushed By Dumbwaiter
A restaurant worker in South Jamaica died after a malfunctioning dumbwaiter crushed him, according to news reports.
SOUTH JAMAICA, QUEENS — A Queens restaurant worker died after a dumbwaiter crushed him Monday, according to reports.
Police say they found the man, 67-year-old Granville Wiltshire, unconscious in the basement of popular South Jamaica restaurant The Door on Baisley Boulevard about 6:30 a.m. Monday after responding to a 911 call for a rescue.
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A malfunctioning dumbwaiter, which carries goods from the restaurant's basement to the first floor, had pinned the man and crushed him, according to the New York Daily News.
Wiltshire, a St. Albans resident, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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