Three level parking garage collapses in New Jersey
July 17th, 2010 - 12:04 am ICT by Aishwarya BhattHackensack, July 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A three-level parking garage collapsed in New Jersey. The cause of the collapse is said to be an overhang, which fell on the garage.
The parking garage collapsed on Friday morning and it is still being ascertained if there were any causalities. However two people were reported missing, so the emergency officials are trying their best to find out if they are buried under the debris of the garage or not.
The Hackensack Fire Captain Thomas Salsedo said that the emergency officials are also trying to get a clear understanding of the damage incurred in the collapse. The garage is the parking space for the adjoining high-rise apartment building.
One of the witnesses to the collapse was Chris Baldo who stays on the first floor of the apartment complex. According to News 12, he said that he heard a rumbling sound and then he looked at the garage and saw it collapse like a pack of cars. He said that he heard “rumbling that sounded like an earthquake or a plane, like something hit the building. It sounded like the whole building was collapsing. I grabbed my dog and my mom and ran out. The whole building was shaking. I looked outside and watched everything go down.”
- 4.9 quake shakes Delhi, suburbs (Fourth Lead) - Mar 05, 2012
- 4.9 quake shakes Delhi, suburbs (Third Lead) - Mar 05, 2012
- Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake Shakes Canada - Jun 24, 2010
- Panic as 4.9 tremor shakes Delhi, adjoining areas (Fourth Lead) - Mar 05, 2012
- Two killed in building collapse (Lead) - Jul 16, 2011
- Jalandhar factory collapse: one dead, several trapped (Second Lead) - Apr 16, 2012
- Two skyscrapers collapse in Brazil - Jan 26, 2012
- Hope of finding kin fades under collapsed building - Nov 16, 2010
- Jalandhar factory collapse kills two, probe ordered (Third Lead) - Apr 16, 2012
- Seven-story building collapses in Beirut, killing 27 - Jan 17, 2012
- Many dead, scores missing following 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch - Feb 22, 2011
- Pakistani rescued from rubble after 47 hours - Feb 08, 2012
- Jalandhar collapse: Worker rescued after 72 hours - Apr 19, 2012
- One killed, four injured as a building collapses in Mumbai - Jul 29, 2010
- Two killed in wall collapse - Mar 16, 2011
Tags: apartment building, baldo, captain thomas, cars, collapse, debris, earthquake, emergency officials, fire captain, friday morning, hackensack, mom, news 12, overhang, parking garage, parking space, rise apartment