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RICHFIELD TOWNSHIP (WJRT) - (08/21/06)--A Mid-Michigan man lost his life in an auto repair accident Monday night. Witnesses are calling it one of the most horrific scenes they have ever seen.
It all happened shortly before 7 p.m. Paramedics were called to a home on the 4800 Block of Coldwater Road in Genesee County's Richfield Township. That's where they found a man unconscious.
They later learned he had been trapped underneath a vehicle he was trying to fix. Police say the victim died shortly after he was taken to the hospital.
Neighbors say they would frequently see the man repairing vehicles from his home. Monday night they were wondering what went wrong.
"They pulled him out. He was blue," said Travis Yorks.
It was the scene of a home auto repair accident gone terribly wrong.
"When I arrived on scene he was unconscious," said Richfield Township Police Department Officer Melissa Galloway.
Richfield Township police say a man in his early 40s was working underneath a black GMC Jimmy when he became trapped.
"It appeared he was working on his driveshaft when the vehicle rolled back off the of the hill there and rolled back onto him," Galloway said. "That is what it appears happened."
"It was something I don't want to see again, Yorks said. "I really don't even want to explain it. It was a mess."
Yorks lives across the street. He says he saw the victim when a neighbor called on him for help.
"The one neighbor had a jack," Yorks said. "I helped him pick it up so we could get a block underneath the jack, and we jacked it up and we pulled it up. That was it."
Paramedics began CPR when they arrived on the scene. In critical condition, the victim died shortly thereafter.
"I work on cars a lot, so it makes me think twice about using jacks and safety and stuff," Yorks said.
Right now, police won't say how long the victim was pinned under the vehicle. Some witnesses say it could have been at least 10 minutes or longer.
The victim's name isn't being released pending family notification.
http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=local&id=4483527
It all happened shortly before 7 p.m. Paramedics were called to a home on the 4800 Block of Coldwater Road in Genesee County's Richfield Township. That's where they found a man unconscious.
They later learned he had been trapped underneath a vehicle he was trying to fix. Police say the victim died shortly after he was taken to the hospital.
Neighbors say they would frequently see the man repairing vehicles from his home. Monday night they were wondering what went wrong.
"They pulled him out. He was blue," said Travis Yorks.
It was the scene of a home auto repair accident gone terribly wrong.
"When I arrived on scene he was unconscious," said Richfield Township Police Department Officer Melissa Galloway.
Richfield Township police say a man in his early 40s was working underneath a black GMC Jimmy when he became trapped.
"It appeared he was working on his driveshaft when the vehicle rolled back off the of the hill there and rolled back onto him," Galloway said. "That is what it appears happened."
"It was something I don't want to see again, Yorks said. "I really don't even want to explain it. It was a mess."
Yorks lives across the street. He says he saw the victim when a neighbor called on him for help.
"The one neighbor had a jack," Yorks said. "I helped him pick it up so we could get a block underneath the jack, and we jacked it up and we pulled it up. That was it."
Paramedics began CPR when they arrived on the scene. In critical condition, the victim died shortly thereafter.
"I work on cars a lot, so it makes me think twice about using jacks and safety and stuff," Yorks said.
Right now, police won't say how long the victim was pinned under the vehicle. Some witnesses say it could have been at least 10 minutes or longer.
The victim's name isn't being released pending family notification.
http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=local&id=4483527
