Philadelphia Deputy Sheriff Sergeant injured during elevator incident

By Stephanie Farr, Staff Writer of Philly.com

A Philadelphia sheriff's deputy is in an induced coma and is paralyzed from the waist down after he was injured when an elevator at the Criminal Justice Center crashed last week, Sheriff Jewell Williams said Monday.  Sgt. Paul Owens, 49, was in an employee elevator around 10:20 a.m. Thursday when, for reasons that remain under investigation, it rose through the 15th-floor ceiling of the 17-story courthouse and smashed into an equipment room.  CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY.

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