NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A woman was taken to hospital Wednesday morning when her car fell off the upper floor of a garage.
The red pickup truck fell four stories from the parking garage at Saint Thomas Hospital and landed on the roof in the garden below.
Metro police said Patsy Pincard, 73, was taken to Vanderbilt Hospital in a critical condition.
The truck’s hood was smashed, the wheels entangled in seat belts designed to prevent a car from falling out of a parking garage like this.
“We’ll see if she comes or goes from an appointment here,” said Lieutenant James Williams. “There is no sign of a decline. She is fastening her seat belt. We’ll see if she had any health issues before the crash or if there were any other factors of the vehicle or anything like that that could have played a role. “.
Police put duct tape around the pile of broken glass and car parts that were left behind after the red pickup truck overturned and was towed away.
Martin’s Wrecker Service employee Tyler McLaughlin said he didn’t expect anything like what he found when he first received the call about the crash. He has responded to numerous scenes of the plane wreck before but said that the scene looked like a movie and the woman was lucky to escape.
“It’s not a miracle,” McLaughlin said. “That’s all I can say about it. A lot of people don’t step out of something like that. “
The damaged portion of the Saint Thomas Hospital garage has been closed until it can be repaired. The rest of the garage remains open
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