Rescuers lift car off pinned man in Ore.
Crew used brute strength to lift up 3,200-pound car; man on bicycle performed illegal lane change, was hit by car
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The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. — A crew of firefighters in Portland, Ore., used brute strength to lift up a 3,200-pound car and free a man pinned under it.
The rescue, which took about two minutes, came just before rush hour Thursday morning, after witnesses called 911.
The Oregonian reports (http://bit.ly/x4Xetl) that police interviewed witnesses and determined the man had been riding a bicycle when he made an illegal lane change and was struck by a car. Another vehicle then rolled over the man and pinned him face-down in a busy intersection.
Firefighters would normally use jacks or airbags to lift the vehicle, but Portland Fire and Rescue Lt. Damon Simmons says they didn't have time.
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