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Collapsing parking deck buries several people – at least one dead
News in the video: Collapsing parking deck buries several people in New York.
STORY: In New York, in the district. Lower Manhattan, a four-story parking garage collapsed on Tuesday. At least one person is believed to have died. Authorities said five other people inside the building were injured. Rescue workers initially had to be withdrawn due to unstable conditions around the collapsed building. A robot and drone were deployed to search for more victims. However, it is assumed that all people who were in the building were found, according to the authorities. The New York City Police Commissioner said there was no reason to believe the cause of the accident was anything other than structural collapse. Neighboring Pace University, whose students, faculty and staff use the parking garage, was evacuated as a precaution, according to authorities.
A four-story parking garage collapsed in New York. At least one person is believed to have died. A robot and drone were deployed to search for more victims.
At least one person died when a parking garage collapsed in New York. The multi-storey building in Manhattan’s financial district “collapsed to the basement”, said the current head of the New York building administration, Kazimir Vilenchik, on Tuesday at a press conference on site. According to rescue workers, four injured people were hospitalized. Video footage was released online showing collapsed walls and cars stacked on top of each other. Smoke seemed to be rising above the rubble. The outer walls of the parking garage were still standing. However, New York Mayor Eric Adams said there were fears that other parts of the building would collapse.
At least one dead after parking deck collapse
Because of the danger of collapse, all rescue workers had to leave the parking garage, as fire chief John Esposito said. With a robot and drones, the building will continue to be searched for possible other trapped people. The New York citizens were asked to avoid the area around the accident site. Esposito said at the press conference that according to information from the authorities, six workers were in the parking garage at the time of the accident. “Four of them were taken to the hospital in a stable condition. We have one patient who died.” The sixth person concerned refused medical treatment.