A popular parking garage in New York City suddenly collapsed, leaving multiple people trapped.
According to the authorities, dozens of people were trapped after the garage reportedly collapsed at around 4:15 ET at Ann and William streets in NYC, leaving 1 person dead with others severely injured.
In a video footage of the incident, multiple cars can be seen on top of the concave roof. A woman can also be heard shouting, “Get out!”
The New York Post reported that “one victim was carried away on a stretcher as dozens of SUVs slid into the gaping hole in the roof that precipitated the collapse.”
The report also added that “Five other people were hurt. Four were taken to the hospital and one refused medical attention,” adding that “all of the injured had been working inside the building when it collapsed. Slabs of concrete plummeted through a lounge area for garage employees, a source said.”
Meanwhile, Trending Politics explained that the “rescue workers are attempting to access those affected, but the hazardous environment posed by combustible car parts and the unsteady structure is impeding their progress. Previous records indicate that there were unsafe building violations due to the presence of cracks in the concrete.”
The incident sparked controversy, with NYC Mayor Eric Adams, saying that “at this time the building is completely unstable.”
In addition, the FDNY chief of operations also released an official statement, explaining to the public that “there was a worker who was trapped on the upper floor. He was conscious and alert and moving around calling us,” and added that “he just couldn’t get down. We were able to put firefighters up there in the building to take him down across the roof of another building.”
#BREAKING: Parking Garage Collapses in Reported Explosion Trapping and Injuring Multiple People in Financial District of NYC pic.twitter.com/NqywPEZ5AK— Paul Hookem 🇺🇸 (@PaulHook_em) April 18, 2023
NYC Department of Buildings Acting Commissioner Kaz Vilenchik claimed that the building owners were called for its violations dating back to 2003.
Vilenchik also revealed there are also four open violations against the building owners after inspectors had found “concrete slab cracks” in the first-floor ceiling, missing concrete covering steel beams and defective concrete with “exposed rear cracks,” New York Post reported.
