Florida crane collapse kills construction worker
By Nadine Yousif
One person was killed and three others were injured after part of a crane fell from a building in the US city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Crews were in the process of increasing the crane’s height when a section of it came loose, officials said.
Pictures from the scene show the huge metal structure fell onto a car that was driving across a bridge, crushing the front of it.
A construction worker died after falling with the crane section.
Two of those injured were taken to hospital while a third was treated at the scene.
Officials said the collapse happened around 16:30 local time on Thursday.
At a news conference, they said a construction crew working on a high-rise was in the process of “stepping the crane” by adding sections to it to make it taller when a platform fell from the building, along with pieces of the crane.
They added that the crane itself remained attached to the building.
