Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to a garage collapse at Miami-Dade College's west campus in Doral, Oct. 10, 2012, officials said Wednesday.
By NBCMiami.com and NBC News staff
One person was killed and two people were trapped when a parking garage at Miami-Dade Community College?s west campus in Doral, Fla., collapsed Wednesday, officials said.
More than 100 rescuers rushed to the scene when a portion of the six-floor parking garage at 3800 N.W. 115th Ave. collapsed around 11:40 a.m., police said. Police said it appeared as if the garage was occupied by construction workers only.
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Firefighters remove a victim from the rubble after a section of a parking garage under construction at Miami-Dade College campus collapsed in Doral, Fla., Oct. 10, 2012.
Four people were transported to Kendall Regional hospital in Miami, and three others were treated on the scene with minor injuries. And authorities said three people were unaccounted for.
The garage was under construction and had yet to open, so no students were in danger, said college spokesman Juan Mendieta.
One construction worker said he was on the sixth floor during the collapse and he started running. He described the floors as pancakes stacked on top of each other.
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The debris was about 20 feet high and a crane and heavy truck were inside the work area when the garage collapsed. Street around the garage were completely blocked off.
Aerial footage showed firefighters escorted a man, who appeared to be a construction worker, out of the garage, while firefighters apparently searched through the debris.
The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Technical Rescue Collapse Unit was also at the scene.
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