JOHANNESBURG (NEWSnet/AP) — An elevator suddenly dropped around 656 feet while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75, the mine operator said Tuesday.

The incident reportedly happened Monday evening at the end of the workers’ shift at a mine in the northern city of Rustenburg.

The injured workers were hospitalized.

An investigation had already begun into what caused the elevator to drop, and the mine suspended all operations on Tuesday.

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