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Crane collapses onto car at Miami construction site, injuring four

An 85-foot piling rig toppled in Miami's Brickell neighborhood, crushing a passing car and a worker storage container.

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What to know

  • An 85-foot piling rig crane toppled onto a passing car in Miami's Brickell neighborhood, setting it on fire, and crushed a storage container with two workers inside.
  • Four people — the driver and three construction workers, including the crane operator who jumped clear — were hospitalized with minor injuries; officials say no one was killed.
  • The cause of the collapse has not been determined and is under investigation by OSHA and Miami-Dade County Unsafe Structures officials.

“It was a very complex scene with a fire that was occurring; our crews were putting out the fire and our technical rescue team working simultaneously to cut through the conex box, the construction box, and they were able to successfully extricate the two victims.”

Robert Hevia, Miami Fire Chief · NY Post (AP) ↗ · Sep 13

Robert Hevia Miami Fire ChiefOccupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Federal workplace safety regulatorMiami-Dade County Unsafe Structures personnel Local building safety officials

Crane collapses onto car at Miami construction site, injuring four
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    Officials say cause of collapse remains under investigation

    Follow-up AP reporting confirms no one was killed, that the injured driver and crane operator (who jumped clear) were treated for minor injuries, and that OSHA and Miami-Dade County Unsafe Structures personnel are investigating what caused the piling rig to topple.

    1. 5 outlets 4 hospitalized after being crushed by falling crane at construction site in swanky Miami neighborhood

      first by NY Post, 9d ago · also Independent UK, Mercury News, Philadelphia Inquirer, ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

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    NBC News reports live from the collapse site

    NBC News correspondent Jesse Kirsch reported from the scene that four people were taken to the hospital after the crane crushed the construction storage box with two people inside.

    1. 1 outlet 4 people hospitalized after a crane collapsed at a Miami construction site: Officials

      first by ABC News, 9d ago

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    Fire Chief Hevia details rescue at news conference

    Miami Fire Chief Robert Hevia said crews extinguished the car fire while a technical rescue team cut through the crushed storage container to free two trapped workers, and confirmed all other site workers were accounted for.

    “The fact that we had four victims, and they were all able to be extricated or self-extricate themselves with minor injuries is a remarkable day for them.”
    — Robert Hevia, Miami Fire Chief
  4. background

    Piling rig crane collapses in Miami's Brickell neighborhood — An 85-foot crane toppled onto a passing vehicle shortly after 8 a.m., setting it on fire, and crushed a storage container holding two construction workers as well as two unoccupied parked cars.