Elevator Drops 650 Feet at Platinum Mine in South Africa, Killing 11 Workers and Injuring 75

Elevator Drops 650 Feet at Platinum Mine in South Africa, Killing 11 Workers and Injuring 75
The Impala Platinum mine shaft 11, near Rustenburg, South Africa, on Nov. 28, 2023. Implats via AP
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JOHANNESBURG—An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 meters (656 feet) while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75, the mine operator said Tuesday.

It happened Monday evening at the end of the workers’ shift at a mine in the northern city of Rustenburg. The injured workers were hospitalized.