Elevator Fall Injures 16
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<i> Associated Press</i>
CHICAGO — A freight elevator overloaded with construction workers and their tools plunged eight floors Wednesday at the swank Knickerbocker Hotel, injuring at least 16 people, authorities said. The elevator probably was carrying more than 1,000 pounds above its rated capacity of 2,500, a hotel manager said.
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