Authorities have identified the man who died on Thursday after a car he was repairing fell on him at a South Side auto lot.
Police said the death of Kevin Hill, 58, appears to have been accidental.
Homicide detectives investigate all such deaths, even when a crime is not suspected.
Paramedics were called about 1:30 p.m. Thursday to the Too Short Auto Sales lot at 817 Parsons Ave. and found Hill trapped beneath a sedan inside a small garage, which is used by the business to make repairs.
Detective Melissa Carlson said the lot's owner had shouted into the garage that he was leaving for the day. When he didn't get a response, he checked inside and discovered that the car had slipped off jacks and onto Hill.
Columbus firefighters and paramedics jacked up the car and took Hill to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, where he died about 2 p.m.
It was not clear how long Hill had been trapped, but the owner told police he had last seen him go into the garage about 45 minutes earlier.
Carlson said the owner had been helping Hill by giving him a chance to work on cars and a place to stay.
"He lived in that little camper," she said, gesturing to an old RV parked on a back corner of the lot.
The visibly distraught owner declined to comment Thursday, saying he wanted to speak first with the man's family. Carlson said the nearest relatives were believed to live in Cleveland.
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Source : http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/12/18/car-fatally-falls-on-man.html
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