Crane collapses happen more than we’d like them to and they almost always caused fatalities, like the recent one that killed 107 in Mecca. On Friday morning, New York City experienced another crane collapse that killed one man and injured 3 others. An onlooker from a nearby building caught the accident on video with his cell phone.
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Hundreds of news stories have been written recently about the tragic crane collapse in Mecca that claimed 107 lives and injured more than 200 others. The investigations into what exactly went wrong began soon after. On Tuesday, Saudi officials suspended the contractor, Saudi Binladin Group, from new contracts until all legal matters are settled, according to NBC News. Today, Liebherr released a press release statement on their findings after Liebherr crane experts visited the site of the collapse.
Read moreMan Pulled from Rubble After Two Construction Cranes Collapse onto Holland Homes
In a terrifying turn of events, two construction cranes were hoisting a gigantic steel ramp of a bridge on the deck of a barge when one crane buckled under the weight of the ramp, pulling the other down with it. The base of the two cranes fell into a canal in Alphen naan den Rijn, South Holland as the booms and ramp completely destroyed several nearby houses and businesses.
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