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The room was set on a timelock, not scheduled to reopen until start of business the next morning A jewelry store customer was trapped in a locked Diamond District safe room for about 10 hours overnight -- only freed when the doors, on a timer, popped open. The 23-year-old man became locked inside the secure room inside 580 Fifth Avenue, which houses multiple small jewelry store s and vaults, just after 8 p.m. Tuesday, N.Y. Fire Department officials said. He was checking his safety deposit box when the door to the room was locked from the outside -- trapping him in a 20-by-40-foot space. Firefighters responded to a jewelry store in Manhattan's Diamond District, where a customer was trapped overnight in a locked room in New York on Oct. 24, 2023. WABC The room was set on a timelock, not scheduled to reopen until start of business the next morning Firefighters responded and cut through about 30 inches of concrete wall to free the man. But after about 10 hours of rescue work, th...

U.S. safety regulators are investigating possible electrical problems in older Dodge Journeys after a woman was trapped and died when her SUV caught fire in December DETROIT -- U.S. safety regulators are investigating possible electrical problems in older Dodge Journeys after a woman was trapped and died when her SUV caught fire in December. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it's investigating whether inoperative door locks and windows can prevent people from getting out of the SUVs during an emergency. Documents posted Friday on the agency's website say the probe covers more than 82,000 Journeys from the 2009 model year. The investigation was opened after the woman 's death on Dec. 9. A complaint filed with the agency says the woman pulled to the side of a road when warning lights started flashing, windshield wipers came on, the horn started honking, windows wouldn't go down and the doors wouldn't unlock. The complaint alleged that f...