Pennsylvania prison elevator fall leaves two dead

NC_elevatoraccident0719_1500x845Luzerne County, Penn. (WBRE) — A corrections officer and inmate are dead in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in an incident said to have involved them falling five stories down an elevator shaft.

During an altercation, the elevator doors opened and the two fell in.

The inmate was identified as Tracy Gilliam, 27, who was in prison for failing to register as a sex offender.

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