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May 30, 2009 / 4:30 PM

Woman found crushed by garage door

CHICAGO, May 30 (UPI) -- Chicago police found a woman Saturday who apparently had been crushed to death by her garage door, authorities said.

Yneekah Garcia, 33, was found with her head in her garage and her body in the alley behind her home on the Southside, the Chicago Tribune reported.

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The newspaper said police found the woman with the garage door on her neck.

Authorities said they were investigating the incident.

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