Missing nuts and bolts caused deadly construction elevator accident in Sweden

Swedish police arrive at the site where a construction elevator crashed to the ground on a building site seriously injuring several people in Sundbyberg, north of Stockholm, Sweden (Claudio Bresciani/TT News Agency via AP, File)

A construction elevator that killed five people when it collapsed in Stockholm last year was missing the bolts that were supposed to hold its mast together, authorities said on Wednesday.

The deadly crash “was caused by failure to perform relevant safety inspections of the hoist assembly,” the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority said.