Overview
- Michael Dickinson, 69, became pinned between his car door frame and the payment window at a Grand Island McDonald’s on December 23 around 10:30 a.m.
- Officers say the exact mechanics remain unclear, including whether the vehicle moved before the entrapment occurred.
- A McDonald’s employee tried to free Dickinson and was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
- Dickinson, who was alone in the vehicle, was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
- Authorities cleared the scene in roughly two hours, the restaurant reopened, and relatives later paid tribute, noting his resilience after a 2021 amputation.