Lakehurst Man Dies In Elevator Accident At Restaurant: Police

LAKEHURST, NJ — A Lakehurst man was killed Sunday when a freight elevator came down on him at a restaurant in the borough, Police Chief Eric Higgins said.

Oscar Francisco Carranza-Lopez, 34, of Lakehurst died in the accident at Three B's Bar and Bistro on Route 70, Sunday morning, Higgins said Tuesday.

Carranza-Lopez, who was an employee of the restaurant, and another restaurant employee were moving a delivery of food to the basement of the restaurant when the elevator apparently malfunctioned and lowered on him, Higgins said.

Carranza-Lopez had one foot on the ground and one foot on the elevator at the time, and a bar at the top of the elevator came down on him, he said.

The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating, Higgins said.

"It's just a tragic accident," Higgins said.

Co-workers pulled Carranza-Lopez out and they and the police officers who responded performed CPR, trying to resuscitate him, the chief said. He was taken to Community Medical Center in Toms River, where he was pronounced dead, Higgins said.

The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, the Ocean County Sheriff's Department CSI, the Lakehurst Fire Department, Monoc and Quality Medical Transport also responded, Higgins said.

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