RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — All elevators inside vacation cottages or similar short-term rentals in North Carolina would have to include life-saving space guards in legislation advancing in the state Senate.
The measure, which cleared a Senate committee on Wednesday and could be on the floor later this week, is a response to last summer’s death of a 7-year-old child at a rental home on the northern Outer Banks. The Ohio boy became trapped between the elevator car and elevator shaft, authorities said.
kAmk2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]?4=68]8@G^$6DD:@?D^a_a`^q:==D^w@FD6^!su^we`hGb]A57Qm%96 3:==k^2m H@F=5 ?@ =@?86C 6I6>AE 6=6G2E@CD 😕 DF49 D9@CEE6C> C6?E2=D 7C@> DE2E6 s6A2CE>6?E @7 {23@C C68F=2E:@?[ 2=E9@F89 2??F2= :?DA64E:@?D H@F=5?VE 36 C6BF:C65] %96D6 6=6G2E@CD H@F=5 92G6 E@ >66E D276EJ DE2?52C5D 56D:8?65 E@ AC6G6?E 2 D>2== 49:=5 7C@> 364@>:?8 EC2AA65] %92E H@F=5 :?4=F56 :?DE2==:?8 DA246 8F2C5D @C 3277=6D E92E 4=@D6 E96 82A]k^Am
kAm$6?] %@55 y@9?D@?[ 2 &?:@? r@F?EJ #6AF3=:42? D96A96C5:?8 E96 3:==[ D2:5 DF49 AC@5F4ED 4@DE C@F89=J S`d_]k^Am
kAm%96 6=6G2E@C @H?6C H@F=5 92G6 E@ E6== E96 {23@C s6A2CE>6?E E96 :>AC@G6>6?E H2D >256[ E96 3:== D2JD[ 2?5 :7 ?@E 4@>A=6E65 E96 6=6G2E@CVD 6=64EC:42= DFAA=J H@F=5 92G6 E@ 36 5:D4@??64E65]k^Am
kAm%96 3:==[ H9:49 H@F=5 92G6 E@ A2DD E96 w@FD6 2D H6==[ 2=D@ H@F=5 5:C64E E96 DE2E6 3F:=5:?8 4@56 E@ C6BF:C6 DF49 6=6G2E@C D276EJ >62DFC6D 😕 ?6H D9@CEE6C> C6?E2= 4@?DECF4E:@?]k^Am
