A collapsed wall displaced one person and damaged an unoccupied hearse late last month on 412 Maclay Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania last month. The Cadillac hearse was near the condemned building because of a funeral nearby at Kingdom Embassy Church at 2111 North Fourth Street.
The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m. on August 24. The collapsed wall cut out power to many buildings in the neighborhood as well as the church where the funeral was to take place.
Following the collapsing, city code enforcement officials arrived at the scene. They decided the house should be torn down. For safety concerns, crews immediately took down rest of the wall so the remnants would not fall on pedestrians or other bystanders. The adjoining unit – 414 Maclay Street – was temporarily condemned and the person living there was displaced. The American Red Cross of the Susquehanna Valley is helping him find a place to stay during his displacement. A third building – 416 Maclay Street – was unaffected by the collapsing wall.
It’s not every day you hear a story about a wall falling on a hearse. Luckily, nobody was hurt and the hearse was empty at the time of the incident.
