Oregon driver gets trapped in Portland rotating parking system

Emergency crews lowered a ladder to the uninjured passenger after shutting down the rotating parking system

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First responders in Oregon extracted a trapped driver after his car door jammed between two mechanical platforms of an automated parking system, crushing the vehicle. 

Portland Fire & Rescue wrote in a Monday Facebook post that the incident took place several weeks ago in an apartment building's rotating car parking system after the driver's "open door caused a bit of an issue."

The driver was reportedly uninjured. It is unclear how long they were trapped before they were rescued by emergency crews, how the car was pulled from the machinery after the driver emerged unharmed or where in Portland the incident took place.

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  • oregon driver gets trapped in portland rotating parking system

    Portland Fire & Rescue extracted a driver from his crushed car after it was trapped in the automated parking system of an apartment complex (Portland Fire & Rescue)

  • oregon driver gets trapped in portland rotating parking system

    Authorities said they dropped a ladder to the trapped passenger after shutting off the rotating parking system (Portland Fire & Rescue)

  • oregon driver gets trapped in portland rotating parking system

    The passenger was reportedly uninjured after the incident. (Portland Fire & Rescue)

  • oregon driver gets trapped in portland rotating parking system

    FOX News Digital could not reach Portland Fire & Rescue at press time to determine how long the passenger was trapped in the crushed vehicle (Portland Fire & Rescue)

  • oregon driver gets trapped in portland rotating parking system

    It is unclear where in Portland the incident took place, or how the car was extracted from the machinery of the parking system (Portland Fire & Rescue)

Emergency crews reportedly turned off the parking apparatus before lowering a ladder down to the trapped passenger:

"Portland Fire & Rescue dropped a ladder into the space after safely turning off the power to the drive motor to rescue the trapped and uninjured passenger who has [sic] remained in the car," the department wrote. "These new advances in our infrastructure will always lead to new challenges for us."

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Authored by Christina Coulter via FoxNews August 2nd 2023