Cement Mixer Causes Partial Parking Deck Collapse In Charlotte
The weight of a cement mixer was too much to bear for a Charlotte parking deck Wednesday.
It happened at a parking area on Morehead Street near South Caldwell St. As you can see in videos posted to Twitter by the Charlotte Fire Department, the heavy truck caused a portion of the concrete parking deck to collapse (scroll down).
A concrete mixing truck carrying a load of dry mix concrete has caused partial failure to the top parking deck at the 500 block of E Morehead Street. No injuries reported. Charlotte Fire is assessing next steps. pic.twitter.com/zHwCcVmUQk
— Charlotte Fire Dept. (@charlottefire) September 14, 2022
Luckily, there were no injuries, but it took crews several hours to get the truck moved. Concrete had to be pumped from the cement mixer before it could be removed from the crumbled parking deck section. Firefighters also braced the building with pneumatic struts.
UPDATE: In order to relieve weight from the truck, the dry mix concrete was removed from the vehicle prior to the next stage of attempting to remove the cement truck off the parking deck. https://t.co/ZbN0thqCfO pic.twitter.com/RLNii9E858
— Charlotte Fire Dept (@CharlotteFD) September 14, 2022
