Four stuck in elevator at Paris LV

An elevator cable at Paris Las Vegas snapped about noon on Friday, trapping four occupants inside the elevator for about an hour.

Firefighters were called to the scene about 12:30 p.m. to rescue the occupants, according to Clark County Fire Department spokesman Scott Allison.

Allison said the four people got onto the elevator about noon on the 30th floor of the 34-floor hotel. As the elevator descended, the cable snapped and the elevator suddenly dropped about two feet before the braking system caught it.

He said the drop wasn't violent.

"It's not like it threw them up in the air or anything," he said.

The elevator then automatically lowered itself to around the 14th and 15th floors, and firefighters were able to open the elevator shaft and get the occupants out. Firefighters then found the snapped cord lying on top of the elevator.

A 60-year-old woman inside the elevator complained of lower back pain but wasn't hospitalized. No one else was injured, Allison said.