One killed as parking garage partially collapses in New York City

New York City Police and Fire Department personnel cordon off an area in New York’s Financial District near the site of a partially collapsed parking garage (Julie Jacobson/AP/PA)

A parking garage has collapsed in lower Manhattan’s Financial District, killing one worker, injuring five and crushing cars as concrete floors fell on top of each other like a stack of pancakes, officials said.

Bystander video showed cars hanging precariously from a buckled upper deck of the three-storey building, and people nearby described a fearsome rumbling, followed by screams.