A 45-year-old parking attendant was killed on Monday after a car rolled on top of him during the morning rush at a garage in Lower Manhattan, the police said.
The man, who was not immediately identified, had been parking the car on a lift inside the basement garage at 21 Barclay Street, around the corner from City Hall, and had just left the vehicle when it rolled onto him, the police said.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, the police said. The cause of the accident, which occurred around 8:15 a.m., is under investigation.
Yellow caution tape hung across the entrance to the garage, a 24-hour lot owned by Icon Parking, later in the morning. An attendant outside directed would-be customers away from the garage.
The attendant, who refused to be identified, said he had worked for the company for 26 years, and “all that happens in a parking garage is an accident.â€
