Crime & Safety
Auto Dealership Worker Dies After Found Pinned Between Vehicles
It's unclear if the man died of injuries sustained when the vehicle he was moving struck another, or if he died of a medical condition.

DEARBORN, MI — A 59-year-old Lincoln Park man died after he was pinned between two cars while moving vehicles as art of his job at a Dearborn auto dealership around 7 a.m. Tuesday, according to a statement from the Dearborn Police Department. Authorities didn't disclosed the name of the dealership, but sai it was in the area of Michigan and Greenfield, where the Fairlane Ford dealership is located.
Police are still trying to piece together what happened, but said a preliminary investigation showed that at one point, the vehicle driven by the victim struck another unoccupied vehicle parked in the same lot. The victim was discovered, by co-workers, partially outside of the vehicle he had been operating and pinned against the other parked vehicle.
It is uncertain, at this time, whether the employee suffered from a medical condition or had been injured as a result of the collision, police said.
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The injured man was unresponsive and transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead. The victim’s name is not being released until the family is notified. The investigation is on-going.
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