SUV falls from NYC garage, lands on nearby roof

[April 21, 2009]  NEW YORK (AP) -- Authorities said a sport-utility vehicle plowed out a sixth-floor window in a Manhattan parking garage and plunged three stories onto a neighboring roof.

Police said the driver was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after the accident around 4 p.m. Monday. It is not immediately known what caused the accident.

Police said a man was parking the white Mercedes Benz SUV in the East 12th Street garage when the vehicle crashed through a large window. He was inside the SUV when it landed.

Officers were trying to remove the SUV from the roof.

[Associated Press]

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