A crane collapsed in Manhattan, New York., smashing into a 23-storey apartment building on Manhattan’s upper east side, before crashing onto the street below and leaving at least one person dead.
“I’m not directly on the scene, but I can confirm that we have lost a life of yet another building collapse in the borough of Manhattan, and it is an absolute tragedy,” Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer said.
“This is just unacceptable and we have got to figure out what happened here,” New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. “I gather the vertical part of the crane stayed attached to the building the way it’s supposed to. This looks like the top came off. The public walking by shouldn’t be at risk.”
This is the second crane collapse in New York City within one year.
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