Mom Gives Birth, Then Dies in Freak Elevator Accident

By Kate Seamons

August 21, 2017

A Spanish woman who went to the hospital to birth her third child ended up dead in a horrific accident. 

The Local reports Rocio Cortes Nuñez delivered a child by C-section on Sunday at Seville's Valme Hospital and was being wheeled from surgery to a recovery room when she became caught in an elevator. 

Per local media, staff wheeled Cortes onto the elevator, but while the doors opened and shut, the elevator didn't move. They reportedly decided to try another elevator, and as they were moving her out and with the doors open, it started going up. Precise details are...

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