TRUCK CAUSES WALL
COLLAPSE IN GOWANUS, NEW YORK
Updated January 13, 2015 12:39 PM
One man is lucky to be alive after a wall collapse in
Gowanus.
It happened Tuesday morning at a construction site on
12th Street, between 2nd and 3rd avenues.
According to workers, the driver of a pump truck was
pulling out of the lot when the vehicle got caught on the masonry wall at the
front, causing a metal roll down gate to collapse.
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. (WABC) --
A wall just outside of an Brooklyn industrial yard, a
private business in the Gowanus section.
Just before 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, a truck appears to have been exiting the industrial yard when the rear of the truck struck a roll-down gate and the outside wall. About 20 feet of the wall collapsed onto a vehicle parked outside.
The yard, which is part of a private business, is on 12th Street.
One person was treated for minor injuries.
The cause of the wall collapse is under investigation.
Just before 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, a truck appears to have been exiting the industrial yard when the rear of the truck struck a roll-down gate and the outside wall. About 20 feet of the wall collapsed onto a vehicle parked outside.
The yard, which is part of a private business, is on 12th Street.
One person was treated for minor injuries.
The cause of the wall collapse is under investigation.