Dearborn Parking Garage Collapses, Trapping Man Inside Car: Officials

DEARBORN, MI — A man was rescued after a parking garage collapsed on him Friday evening in Dearborn, fire officials said.

The incident happened around 9 p.m. Friday at a parking garage near West Outer Drive and Garrison Place, officials said.

Officials said the 20-year-old man was inside his car on the basement level of the garage when the ground-floor above him partially collapsed onto his car, trapping him inside the vehicle.

Officials said thousands of pounds of concrete fell down in the collapse, the cause of which they still don't know.

Rescue crews were able to speak to the man, who told them he wasn't injured, officials said.

Heaters were brought in to help keep the man warm while crews cleared the debris. They were able to free the man from the car within 2 hours, officials said.

Though it appeared he wasn't injured, he was still taken to a nearby hospital for an evaluation, officials said.

"I want to thank the firefighters and the Western Wayne team for their professionalism and all their hard work," Dearborn Fire Chief JosephMurray said. "It was very, very cold yesterday and they did a phenomenal job given the adverse conditions and the snow and ice and really working hard to get this young man out."

The garage is now blocked and officials asked the public to stay away from the area because the structure is not physically sound.