FORT LAUDERDALE: One particular person was killed and two others had been hospitalized Thursday afternoon when a bit of crane fell from a constructing in downtown Fort Lauderdale, officers mentioned.
Crews had been within the strategy of “stepping the crane” throughout the building of a high-rise constructing when a bit being ready to extend the crane’s peak got here free, Fort Lauderdale Hearth Rescue Chief Stephen Gollan mentioned throughout a information convention.A building employee fell with the crane part, inflicting deadly accidents, officers mentioned. The crane itself remained secured to the constructing.
The crane part landed on a close-by bridge, damaging a minimum of two autos, Gollan mentioned. A person and a lady who had been on the bottom had been taken to a close-by hospital, the place they had been listed in steady situation. One other particular person was handled on the scene and refused transport to the hospital.
The bridge was broken by the falling crane part, that means the roadway might be closed indefinitely till it is repaired. The river that runs underneath the bridge was additionally closed to marine site visitors.
Officers did not instantly know what induced the crane part to fall. The Occupational Security and Well being Administration and Fort Lauderdale Hearth Rescue will examine.
Crews had been within the strategy of “stepping the crane” throughout the building of a high-rise constructing when a bit being ready to extend the crane’s peak got here free, Fort Lauderdale Hearth Rescue Chief Stephen Gollan mentioned throughout a information convention.A building employee fell with the crane part, inflicting deadly accidents, officers mentioned. The crane itself remained secured to the constructing.
The crane part landed on a close-by bridge, damaging a minimum of two autos, Gollan mentioned. A person and a lady who had been on the bottom had been taken to a close-by hospital, the place they had been listed in steady situation. One other particular person was handled on the scene and refused transport to the hospital.
The bridge was broken by the falling crane part, that means the roadway might be closed indefinitely till it is repaired. The river that runs underneath the bridge was additionally closed to marine site visitors.
Officers did not instantly know what induced the crane part to fall. The Occupational Security and Well being Administration and Fort Lauderdale Hearth Rescue will examine.
