California man crushed to death after getting out of his car while it was inside automatic car wash

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By Pelumi Emmanuel

Published: April 18, 2022 | 12:59 PM GMT

A California man was crushed to death Friday after he got out of his car while it was inside an automatic car wash.

His body may have been inside the station for upwards of 30 minutes before being discovered, police said.

On Friday night, members of the Escondido Police Department responded to the Pearl self-service car wash at 2189 East Valley Parkway, where they found the body of a 56-year-old man, who’s name was not immediately released.

The man became ‘trapped between a 2014 Scion XB and a part of the car wash machinery,’ according to a press release.

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The Escondido Police Department responding to the Pearl self-service car wash at 2189 East Valley Parkway following the man’s tragic death

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Police said shortly after the man drove into the car wash, he got out of his vehicle, pictured, as it rolled forward, trapping him against the car wash machinery

Man fatally crushed at automatic car wash in California Diego reports that shortly after the man drove into the car wash, he got out of his vehicle as it rolled forward, trapping him against the car wash machinery.

Police still don’t know why he exited the vehicle, but did confirm that the car wash was not activated at the time of the incident.

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