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Consider morning. Officers and family members rushed to paulo owens side. It was around 10 30 this morning when the people at the criminal Justice Center heard what some thought was an explosion. It was a loud noise, so fast and so quick. We didnt know what to do. An announcement came over the loud speaker telling everyone to evacuate. The court is shutting down all operations for the remainder of the day. We know that Sergeant Owens just left the hearing for monsignor william lynn. And the car moved upwards with such force it breached the ceiling and the debris rained down more than 100 feet ...

Several broken bones in his back. Reporter beverly smith, a court clerk, was released from the hospital, giving reporters a thumbs up and waving. She suffered only minor injuries in this mornings alarming elevator malfunction at the criminal Justice Center that some at first mistakenly thought was caused by an explosion. No one told us anything, but we were on another floor and we heard a loud commotion, a loud boom. Very loud, like a reporter investigators explained the bizarre chain of events this way. Sergeant owens was in the car on the left and it breached the shafts concrete ceiling. A h...

In todays freak mechanical accident. Thursday night, jim is off. Im monica malpass. And the big story on action news tonight is the investigation into exactly what went wrong. It was so violent. Witnesses thought that something had exploded. Action News Reporter dann cuellar live in Hahnemann University hospital. Dann, youre learning more about that sheriffs deputy whos laying in a hospital bed right now, arent you . Reporter thats right, monica. The Sheriffs Department sergeant remains in critical hes in very bad shape. He had been in surgery for most of the evening. And a court clerk had sin...

Employee later released and a more seriously injured sergeant in the sheriffs department. I think it was an upper floor. This shows two elevator cars in a common shaft. One car sling shotted upward with such speed and force it breached the concrete ceiling and that is the machine room or penthouse, heavy debris from that impact rained down more than 100 feet on to the car that the employee was riding forcing that elevator down. The building is closed and remains closed today. The court system says they will reopen the cjc tomorrow. Late this afternoon they reverse that saying it will be closed...

This shows two elevator cars in a common shaft. The car moved upward with such force it breached the ceiling with such force it broke the ceiling and the debris came down on the right hand elevator car in which the employee was riding and causing the car to come down and crush. It caused it to hit the second elevator. The Court Employee in that elevator car was taken in for observation and left the hospital in the last hour or so. Departed giving a thumbs up. The sergeant is still listed in Critical Condition with head and chest injuries, the labor and Industry Bureau is investigating this biz...