Crime & Safety

Safe Deposit Box Crushes Man To Death In Montgomery County: Cops

A safe deposit box tipped over and crushed a man to death in Montgomery County, police said.

CHELTENHAM, PA -- Authorities said that a man was crushed to death when a safe deposit box crushed him on Monday afternoon at a construction site in Cheltenham Township.

The incident occurred at around 1 p.m. on the 2400 block of Cheltenham Avenue inside the former Wells Fargo Bank, police said.

Jonathan Maust, 35, and two co-workers were moving the safe deposit box when the fox tipped and fell on Maust, crushing him, according to police.

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Maust was pronounced dead at the scene.

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