27 Nov, 2017 @ 15:46
1 min read

Hospital elevator which cut new Andalucia mother IN HALF ‘had its memory erased’ afterwards

pjimage  e
TRAGIC: Rocio and the Sevilla hospital
TRAGIC: Rocio and the Sevilla hospital

A JUDGE investigating how a new mother was cut in half by an elevator has asked police why the computer system operating the lift was erased.

In an official letter to the Policía Científica, the judge asked the force to ‘clarify the reasons for the erasure of the elevator CPU information.’

The CPU is the ‘brain’ of any computer, in this case the one that controls the elevator.

On August 20, new mother Rocio Cortes was being transferred after giving birth to her daughter at the Hospital de Valme de Sevilla.

But as she was half way out of the lift, it quickly closed and attempted to move up, virtually cutting the woman in half and killing her.

But the computer operating system, which would have helped explain why the accident occured, has since been erased.

Although this can happen when there the power supply is disconnected or there is a battery issue, an investigation has revealed neither of these could have caused it.

 

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

GOT A STORY? Contact newsdesk@theolivepress.es or call +34 951 273 575 Twitter: @olivepress

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

costa brava e
Previous Story

Why this once booming Spanish hotspot is making a comeback to rival the Costa del Sol

La Vinuela Axarquia e
Next Story

Search for body launched after British expat’s dog finds ‘human skull’ in Axarquia

Latest from Crime & Law

Go toTop

More From The Olive Press

Flights are diverted from Malaga airport due to foggy conditions

Flights are diverted from Malaga airport due to foggy conditions

TWELVE flights could not land at Malaga airport on Friday
Pictured: Narco drones used by ex-military gang to fly drugs from Morocco to southern Spain

Pictured: Narco drones used by ex-military gang to fly drugs from Morocco to southern Spain

THE Policia Nacional has busted a gang that used Ukrainian