A team of firefighters are working to rescue a U-Haul driver who is trapped under a collapsed concrete beam on Birmingham’s Southside.

The rescue operation began about 1:15 p.m. Friday in the parking deck at Cortland Vesta apartments on Highland Avenue.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Battalion Chief Clay Hendon said the driver of the U-Haul was trying to enter the parking deck but did not have the height clearance to do so.

The top of the truck hit the beam, which caused it to collapse. The beam came crashing down on the cab of the truck.

The beam is about 40 feet long and estimated to weigh 60,000 pounds.

Two passengers in the U-Haul were able to self-extricate and was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.

The driver is trapped in the cab from the knees down. He is alert and talking with firefighters.

Specialty firefighters are working to stabilize the beam so it doesn’t move any more. Once that happens, they will work to cut the truck open and remove the driver.

Hendon said it expected to be a lengthy process.

This is a developing story.