Car falls down elevator shaft at Vancouver Audi warehouse
Posted February 9, 2021 1:57 pm.
Last Updated February 9, 2021 10:26 pm.
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – A man isn’t too badly hurt after the car he was in fell down a freight elevator shaft in the warehouse of a Vancouver dealership Tuesday.
Capt. Jonathan Gormick with Vancouver Fire says they were called to the Audi dealership’s warehouse along West 3rd Ave. near Fir St. at around 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday.
“Somehow, the car had come off the elevator platform and become lodged partway down the elevator shaft with an occupant in it,” he said.
A man isn’t too badly hurt after the car he was in fell down a freight elevator shaft in the warehouse of a Vancouver dealership Tuesday. https://t.co/Ch9vymyLzY pic.twitter.com/HB3XrW28TB
— CityNews 1130 Vancouver (Inactive) (@news1130) February 10, 2021
The man who was inside the vehicle is an employee at the dealership.
A technical rescue team was called in.
“They were working at height above an open elevator shaft. The car was stuck in a fairly precarious position, and all of those things needs to be stabilized and dealt with before we even get people into attempt to extricate the person,” Gormick said.
.@VanFireRescue got a man out of this crushed car after it somehow fell down a freight-seized elevator late this morning at the Audi warehouse. Crews say he's recovering in the hospital. Not sure what caused the crash. Details on @NEWS1130. pic.twitter.com/zWnR98CotS
— Sonia Aslam (@SoniaSAslam) February 9, 2021
After the vehicle was stabilized, it was cut open and the worker was taken to the hospital.
WorkSafeBC will look into exactly how this happened.
“It’s a pretty strange sight to see a car wedged like this in an elevator shaft. I can’t imagine how it got there, but I’ll leave it up to their experts to determine,” Gormick said.
Editor’s note: A previous version of this story incorrectly indicated that the incident happened at the Audi dealership
