WARNING: Distressing vision
Five people have died in a horrific accident at a popular Bali hotel.
The hotel workers were travelling in the elevator at Ubud’s Ayuterra Resort about 1pm on Friday, as seen in the video above, when a cable snapped, sending the elevator plummeting 100m to the ground, the Straits Times reports.
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The three women and two men were in the glass outdoor lift that runs on a track up a 35-degree slope when it failed.
Two of the staff died at the scene, while three more died in hospital.
The victims have been identified by local media as Sang Putu Bayu Adi Krisna, 19, Wayan Aries Setiawan, 23, Ni Luh Supernigsih, 20, Kadek Hardiyanti, 24, and Kadek Yanti Pradewi, 19.
An investigation into what caused the cable to snap has been launched, Ubud police chief Commander Made Uder said.
However, preliminary investigations revealed the cable may have broken as the lift was too heavy.
“It is possible that the steel cable was not strong enough to pull the load and the safety wedge or brake does not work,” Uder said.
Resort owner Linggawati Utomo later expressed her condolences to the victims’ families.
“All costs for funeral rites and burial will be borne by us. We will also give the families some compensation,” she said.
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