Article: Descending dorm elevator quickly killed OSU student.

Byline: Kathy Lynn Gray and Encarnacion Pyle

Jan. 9--Two days after Andy Polakowski would have celebrated his 19 th birthday, Ohio State University police released a report revealing how he was killed by a dormitory elevator. But it sheds no light on what caused the elevator to descend suddenly with its doors open on the night of Oct. 20 or why Polakowski made the tragic decision to leave the car as it was moving. The report makes some things clear based on witness reports: Polakowski was not pushed from the Stradley Hall elevator, he was not drunk, and he died quickly as his chest was squashed between the elevator's ceiling and the third floor of the ...

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