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Two injured after car falls down Manhattan garage elevator shaft

NBC News -- A car fell down a New York City garage elevator shaft Tuesday morning, injuring two people, the fire department said.

The victims were taken to the hospital and are in stable condition.

A parking attendant was driving into the elevator on the fifth floor of the garage around 9:45 a.m., but when he pulled in, the elevator car wasn't there, NBCNewYork.com reported. As the car plunged down, it injured a worker on a lower floor.

Firefighters had to extricate the driver from the vehicle. An FDNY spokesman told msnbc.com both he and the other garage employee were taken to Cornell Medical Center in stable condition.

The garage, which also serves as a Hertz rental location, is on East 76th Street near First Avenue in Manhattan.

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Submitted Jul 29, 2012 By: ziyulu

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52MPG Champion Author Dayton Posts:7,277 Points:1,744,630 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2012 1:55:35 PM Ignore 52MPG Report Abuse How could an elevator get so screwed up?
jrs4125 Champion Author Indiana Posts:2,773 Points:594,670 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2012 7:21:46 AM Ignore jrs4125 Report Abuse Oooooooh weeeee....... what a ride.
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MidNJ Champion Author New Jersey Posts:7,568 Points:1,174,430 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 5:38:20 PM Ignore MidNJ Report Abuse Maybe next time he will wait for the elevator to arrive.
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bisonjim Champion Author Florida Posts:1,070 Points:209,155 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 3:20:50 PM Ignore bisonjim Report Abuse No gas used on the way down. Wonder if the valet driver had an operators license?
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wamster Champion Author Houston Posts:4,268 Points:696,880 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 1:42:18 PM Ignore wamster Report Abuse I think I'll pass on the valet parking. It strikes me as odd there was no gate or doors mentioned.
tnfran Champion Author Arizona Posts:4,393 Points:845,115 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 1:32:40 PM Ignore tnfran Report Abuse Where is the connection here for 'gas buddy'?
VomVom Champion Author Calgary Posts:3,857 Points:1,627,080 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 1:07:37 PM Ignore VomVom Report Abuse IT would be interesting to see why and how that happened. One would expect a number of redundancies in the design such that a car cannot drive in until the elevator is there.
humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:34,316 Points:2,374,295 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 12:49:40 PM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse did it have a full tan of gas ? sad story but gas is 3.34 here
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doggod Champion Author Anchorage Posts:2,858 Points:743,310 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 11:44:58 AM Ignore doggod Report Abuse Wow, just injured? Going down an elevator shaft is something I picture as a life-ending trip.
gandalfthegrey1 Champion Author Houston Posts:1,184 Points:384,785 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 10:43:41 AM Ignore gandalfthegrey1 Report Abuse Agree w/ doeslayersr. Probably most are not especially enlightened relative to gas here. The only really interesting question is how many lawsuits can they come up with and who is going to pay how much? undoubtedly, it will be huge for somebody.
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Skunk63 Champion Author Phoenix Posts:2,562 Points:560,245 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 9:53:55 AM Ignore Skunk63 Report Abuse Somebody's about to have some insurance problems when the coverage comes up for renewal.
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unipanini All-Star Author New York Posts:903 Points:264,575 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 9:36:38 AM Ignore unipanini Report Abuse so scary
leraar2 Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:3,774 Points:789,630 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 9:10:33 AM Ignore leraar2 Report Abuse guess the safety interlocks weren't working.
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Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,350 Points:2,145,350 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 8:50:25 AM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse On Jul 29, 2012 3:23:20 AM, nfldude wrote: >Will this be early retirement and a lotto victory for those workers? On the other hand, the garage may have a new sign out saying "NOW HIRING COMPETENT WORKERS - WE FIRED THE INCOMPETENT ONES!"
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,350 Points:2,145,350 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 8:46:18 AM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse On Jul 29, 2012 5:25:41 AM, farmboyTN wrote: >Glad they weren't killed. Alas, they don't qualify for a Darwin Award unless the injury left the driver of the car unable to have children.
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