Overview
- Authorities identified the victim as Michael Dickinson at a Grand Island, Nebraska McDonald’s.
- He was found trapped between his car door and the drive-thru payment counter shortly before 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.
- Police said he had opened the door to reach the window and became pinched between the door frame and the counter.
- He was transported to a nearby emergency room and pronounced dead; no other occupants were in the vehicle.
- A McDonald’s employee who tried to help was injured and hospitalized with expected recovery, as the Accident Reconstruction Team reviews the case and the scene was cleared in about two hours.