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LAS VEGAS (AP) - A maintenance worker died Friday when he fell about five stories inside an elevator shaft at a Las Vegas Strip resort and landed on an empty service elevator car, officials said.The man was found dead atop the elevator car on the 25th floor of The Mirage hotel-casino just before 11 a.m., Clark County fire spokesman Scott Allison said. The hotel is 30 stories tall.The identity of the dead man was not immediately made public. Hotel and fire officials said he worked for an elevator maintenance company.The Clark County coroner and Nevada state Occupational Safety and Health officials were investigating.Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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