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Worker dies after car falls off lift at repair shop

Posted at 3:47 PM, Nov 28, 2019
and last updated 2019-11-29 15:00:32-05

One person has died after a car fell off a lift and pinned an employee at a La Vergne, Tennessee, repair shop.

It happened Wednesday afternoon at Woods Automotive Repair. Fire crews and paramedics arrived around 5:30 p.m. found an employee trapped under an SUV. The worker was already dead when they arrived.

According to La Vergne Fire, the SUV was on a lift before it fell off the front and pinned the man between the SUV and a work bench.

His identity has not been released.

This article was written by Catlin Bogard for WTVF.