The Five Star Carting truck was passing by for its usual pickup when it suddenly fell through the upper level of this parking garage. The truck began sinking into the structure on Flatbush Avenue between Avenue H and East 32nd Street in Brooklyn just after 3 a.m. Tuesday.
The driver was able to get out of the truck as two sections of the parking deck collapsed under the vehicle. The truck came to rest on steel support beams, but it posed a complicated issue of how to remove it.
Smells ripe, the sun will only make it worse. Garbage truck stuck in sink hole on #Brooklyn parking deck. #abc7ny pic.twitter.com/Rea0IWPsjj
— Kala Rama (@KalaRamaTV) September 15, 2015
Police closed the parking lot, where there is a strip mall nearby leaving stores there without parking for customers.
Eyewitness News reporter Tim Fleischer was on site:
What a mess! Garbage truck sinks in #Brooklyn How do you get out of this one? #abc7NY pic.twitter.com/kYziqlwdte
— Tim Fleischer (@TimFleischer7) September 15, 2015
City buildings inspectors are now on site checking for structural damage and integrity. The lot also sits next to a strip of stores whose customers use the parking lot which is now off limits.
Police: garbage truck went under yellow bar- which signals parking deck can't take weight of larger trucks @ABC7NY pic.twitter.com/ztUIfcslSb
— Kala Rama (@KalaRamaTV) September 15, 2015