 The car park is used by Starling Atlanta Midtown hotel who have not provided any information regarding the tragic death. Atlanta police confirmed they are investigating the death. The freak accident follows the death of 23-year-old Victoria Strauss who died on January 18, 2021 when she became trapped between her car and a parking ticket machine in Downtown Columbus. Police arrived at the scene at around 5.40am on January 19 after a security guard alerted authorities following the discovery of Ms Strauss. The driver went to open his car door to press the button which operates the exit gate ( wsbtv.com/) Columbus Police Department confirmed the woman was left trapped at around 11.37pm after CCTV footage captured her last moments before her tragic death. Security footage from inside the garage shows Ms Strauss at 45 Vine Street dropping her credit card as she attempted to pay for parking whilst she exited. But when Ms Strauss opened her car){kind=link}
The unidentified man, from Atlanta, US, was sadly pronounced dead in the car park of Starling Hotel in the early hours of Thursday morning following the accident
A driver has died in a freak parking ticket machine accident after being left stuck for days.
The unidentified man, from Atlanta, US, arrived at the car park of the Starling Hotel on the 1000 block of Peachtree Street at around 12.15am on Thursday.
However, the driver soon realised he had forgotten to park his pickup truck in a parking spot.
The man went to open his car door to press the button which operates the exit gate.