Teen falls to his death in elevator in Mexico

READING, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania teenager vacationing with his family at a resort hotel in Mexico fell to his death in an elevator shaft, according to relatives and U.S. authorities.
Andrew Smith, 16, died after falling Wednesday at the Royal Solaris hotel in Cancun, his mother told The Reading Eagle for Saturday's editions.
The U.S. consulate in Cancun confirmed that Smith died Wednesday of an accidental fall but provided no details.
Smith and a friend were waiting on the fourth floor of the hotel for an elevator when his son pushed on plywood boards and fell into the shaft, said Smith's mother, Nancy. The partition had no warning sign.
Hotel officials declined to comment.
Andrew Smith would have been a junior this fall at Wilson High School, where he played on the football team.
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