Man dies after falling seven storeys down lift shaft Man dies after falling down lift shaft A young man has plunged seven stories to his death down an elevator shaft in Sydney when he tried to climb out of a lift that had stopped between floors. PT0M31S http://www.smh.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2tjce 620 349 September 11, 2013 - 10:53AM A young man has plunged seven storeys to his death down an elevator shaft after climbing out of the lift when it became stuck between floors in a building in Sydney's CBD. Police found the body of the man, aged in his early 20s, at the bottom of the lift shaft when they arrived at a building on Quay Street in Haymarket at 1.45am on Wednesday. Lift shaft fall: the building where the man died. Two other people who were in the lift with the man before he fell have been treated for shock. Police said three people had been travelling in the lift when it stopped between floors. The man attempted to climb out of the lift, but in the process fell seven storeys down the shaft. A man died after falling seven storeys down a lift shaft. A NSW Police spokesman could not confirm reports that the dead man was a foreign national who was returning to his backpackers' accommodation at the time. The spokesman said police would investigate whether the man was affected by alcohol at the time. Police established a crime scene in the lift shaft and forensic officers examined the area. Detectives have interviewed a number of witnesses and are yet to determine the full circumstances surrounding the man's death. However, a spokesman said there did not appear to be anything suspicious.