CHELTENHAM TWP., Pa. — Police say a man was crushed to death when a safe deposit box fell on him in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County.
The victim has been identified as 35-year-old Jonathan Maust of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, according to WPVI-TV.
The fatal incident occurred around 1 p.m. Monday at the former Cheltenham Mall on the 2400 block of Cheltenham Avenue, which is currently under construction, police told WPVI-TV.
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Police say Maust, along with two co-workers, were attempting to relocate a large safe deposit box inside an old Wells Fargo bank. They placed it up on a lift. That's when, police say, it fell onto Maust.
A special operations unit was called in due to the size and weight of the box.
WPVI-TV learned that Maust leaves behind a wife and child.