In what is being deemed a “freak accident,” a man was crushed to death in an automatic car wash on Friday, according to Fox5 San Diego.
The tragic and frightening incident occurred in Escondido, California, when a driver decided for reasons that no one has been able to determine to get out of his car during the wash.
He was then crushed between his vehicle and the machinery. The car began to roll forward, dragging him with it, and he was pinned between the vehicle and the machines, police told the outlet.
However, the car wash itself was apparently not “engaged” and therefore did not malfunction. Huh. Per Fox5, an alarm blared for as long as thirty minutes before another customer discovered the man trapped between the car and equipment.
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