Probe into lift crash broadened as firm tells of ‘deviation from instructions’

The initial investigation into the crash of a building site lift which killed five people has been expanded to include two more possible workplace violations, a Swedish prosecutor has said (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)

The initial investigation into the crash of a building site lift which killed five people has been expanded to include two more possible workplace violations, a Swedish prosecutor has said.

The lift mounted to the outside of an unfinished building fell 66 feet to the ground in a Stockholm suburb on Monday.