Fire officials: Technician dies while working on escalator

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A technician died while working on an escalator at a Virginia department store on Wednesday morning, fire officials said.

The Richmond Fire Department said an escalator technician was doing maintenance at the Dillard’s at Stony Point Fashion Park and died after falling through the machine, news outlets reported. First responders found the man trapped and unresponsive and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Medical Examiner’s Office hasn’t determined his cause of death and Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Administration is still investigating the circumstances of the incident.

No other injuries were reported.