Collapse at Nottingham car park leaves vehicles dangling

Vehicles have been left dangling over the edge of a multi-storey car park in Nottingham, after part of the building collapsed.

In the early hours of Saturday morning part of a wall and a floor at the NCP Nottingham City car park on Mount Street fell away leaving two cars and a van hanging over the edge.

A spokesman for NCP said no-one was injured in the collapse and that structural engineers were at the scene assessing the situation.

George Cooke, of Scunthorpe, whose car was parked at the site, was nearby when he heard a bang. “I was not sure what it was. I looked out the window, but couldn’t see anything,” he told the BBC. “I came back and cars were overhanging the car park. It was a bit of a shock.”

Roger Black, from Somerset, told the Nottingham Post: “I’ve never seen anything like it, the whole wall has completely come away, and part of the floor as well. It’s a good thing it happened in the early hours otherwise it could have been a lot worse.”

The NCP spokesman said: “An incident has occurred during the night at our Nottingham City car park, where a part of the front facia of the building has fallen and is blocking the entrance/exit of the car park.

“No one has been injured and no vehicle has been damaged ... We apologise profusely for any inconvenience this has caused to our customers parked with us and to customers arriving to park with us today.”

A police spokesman said officers had been called to assist Nottinghamshire fire and rescue service. “It is not yet known how long the closures will be in place and drivers are being asked to avoid the area,” he said. “NCP is allowing customers to collect their cars from the car park but no new vehicles are being allowed in at this stage.”