PITTSBURGH -- A 32-year-old Braddock man is fighting for his life after getting pinned beneath his own car in Homestead Sunday night.

According to police, the incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. on East 8th Avenue and Dickson Street.

Authorities said that the man was having car trouble with his ’84 Cadillac, which had been customized with hydraulics that make the car rock up and down.

Apparently the man used the car’s hydraulic system to raise the front end of his car in order to reach the car’s starter when the car fell and crushed his chest, authorities said.

The man was rushed to UPMC where he is in critical condition.

Police said the ’84 Cadillac was impounded as evidence.