New York parking garage collapses, killing 1 and injuring others
- Bystander video showed cars hanging precariously from a buckled upper deck of the three-story building in Manhattan’s Financial District
- Vehicles inside were crushed as the concrete floors fell on top of each other like a stack of pancakes
A parking garage collapsed on Tuesday in lower Manhattan’s Financial District, killing one worker, injuring five and crushing cars as concrete floors fell on top of each other like a stack of pancakes, officials said.
Bystander video showed cars hanging precariously from a buckled upper deck of the three-story building, and people nearby described a fearsome rumbling, followed by screams.
“It felt like an earthquake,” said Liam Gaeta, a student at nearby Pace University. Other students described seeing cars falling in the building.
Officials said one worker was trapped on an upper floor and rescued via a neighbouring roof.
The garage caved in around 4pm, a few blocks from City Hall and the Brooklyn Bridge, and about 0.8km (half a mile) from the New York Stock Exchange.