Fatal Crane Collapse In Manhattan

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Unfortunately it sounds like it was a pretty complicated job for FDNY.

A construction worker was killed and four others injured Tuesday when a crane collapsed at No. 7 train subway extension construction site on the West Side, authorities said.

The accident occurred around 7:20 p.m. at West 34th Street and Eleventh Avenue when two pieces of the crane — an 80-foot section and a 40-foot one — became dislodged and fell onto the below-ground site, officials said.

“The people who were injured were 60 feet down in the pit,” said FDNY Deputy Chief Bill Seelig. “So, it wasn’t an easy removal. It was a complicated job because it wasn’t at ground level.”

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