Nearly 100-year-old building likely to cause fatal garage collapse in New York City, many vehicles on roof
Preliminary findings after a New York City parking garage collapsed Tuesday suggest too many vehicles on the roof contributed to the fatal structural failure because the building is nearly 100 years old. A garage worker was killed and five other workers were injured when the Ann Street building in lower Manhattan collapsed shortly after 4 p.m., the city’s fire department said. According to the New York City Fire Department’s chief of safety, a preliminary investigation found that too much weight on the roof and the age of the building contributed...