If it is true what I read he could not walk (crippled).

The elevator was ground level (on the street) and he probably did not expected it could go down and he saw nothing going up and probably got pissed because he thought the elevator was broke..Then crashed in it and at the end when he saw a long dark shaft going downards he wanted to stop (the slow fall at the end of the video) and fell.

Oh man, that was hilarious.

The only thing that would have made this better was if he was riding a Segway

Well, the thing he was driving looked a little bit like a Sinclair C5, the original would have beaten even a Segway!   

Couldn't avoid laughing :(

You could have avoided that one :/

looks to me like he was heading downwards..

Well the article says he was annoyed at the woman who refused to hold the elevator for him (it pretty much closed right at his face), and yea I'm hearing he was crippled aswell.

Ramming it after the doors were visibly broken was a damn stupid move.  Nasty way to die though.

After he broke the doors, someone else not having seen it happening could have leaned against them and die.

I bet that guy could walk the whole time.  He just stayed on that scooter so that he wouldn't blow his cover.  Going through such lengths to keep up a hoax.  Now that's something I can respect.  Dead scooter guy, you are my hero.