A ride-share driver says he escaped serious injury after bricks fell from a building and landed right on his car in the Meatpacking District.
NEW YORK -- A ride-share driver says he escaped serious injury after bricks fell from a building and landed right on his car in Manhattan 's Meatpacking District .It happened early Monday afternoon on Gansevoort Street, right across from the Whitney Museum. The victim spoke to CBS News New York right after being released from the hospital.Chaos briefly engulfed Gansevoort Street on Monday'I'm inside the car lunch and something come from the roof,' Juan Monegro said.
Monegro left with arm and back injuries and when he returned to get his car, he noticed additional bricks inside the vehicle and more damage.'I see in front of the car, but I didn't see that before,' he said.The Department of Buildings' explanation for what happenedThe Department of Buildings said during façade repair operations on the eighth floor, a 2-foot by 10-foot piece of façade dislodged and landed on the sidewalk shed and the occupied car below.
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