NEW YORK --
Fire officials say one person is dead and two others are seriously injured after a crane collapse in Lower Manhattan.The accident was reported around 8:25 a.m. Friday in the Tribeca neighborhood. The crane landed across several parked cars, smashing their roofs.
UPDATE: Massive crane collapse stretches for several blocks in Tribeca https://t.co/aeakXeljxa Row of cars crushed pic.twitter.com/h669h8CFTg
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) February 5, 2016
The collapsed metal lattice landed across an intersection and stretched much of a block.
A witness who works nearby says he saw onlookers trying to help a person who was trapped in a car. Robert Harold says he also saw a person lying motionless body in the street.
Crane falls in TriBeCa: Authorities say at least 1 trapped in car. https://t.co/TQ7iEciMN2 (Photo: Sean Campbell) pic.twitter.com/9AgQnKKrpy
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) February 5, 2016
Further details were not immediately known.
