Bank worker crushed by 450kg cash trolley

A bank worker is in intensive care today after she became trapped in a lift under nearly half a tonne of cash.

Firefighters had to free the woman from the elevator at a branch of Barclays Bank in south London.

The woman, in her thirties, was trapped in agony under the 450kg trolley inside the lift when it collapsed and became stuck between the bank's ground floor and the basement.

She lay for more than two hours before being rescued but was eventually taken to hospital after the drama at the bank in Streatham High Road. Part of the road was sealed off during the rush hour to give access to emergency service vehicles.

The injured woman, who has not been named, is described as in a "serious, but stable" condition at King's College Hospital, Camberwell.

The Health and Safety Executive has launched an investigation-into the accident, which happened yesterday at about 5pm.

Police, paramedics and more than a dozen firefighters went to the scene.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Police were called to Barclays Bank in Streatham High Road by the ambulance service to a woman trapped inside a lift. The Fire Brigade was also called.

"A female member of staff in her thirties was trapped in a service lift under a heavy object. She was freed by firefighters and taken to King's College Hospital where she is in a serious but stable condition.

"The exact circumstances are unclear at this stage. The Health and Safety Executive has been informed."

A London Fire Brigade spokeswoman said: "We were called just after 5pm yesterday when a woman became trapped in a lift between the ground floor and the basement behind a loaded cash trolley.

"Three appliances were called to the scene."

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