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Four dead, four injured in Seattle crane collapse
SAN FRANCISCO, April 28, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Four people were killed and four
others were injured when a crane collapsed Saturday afternoon in the
northwestern US city of Seattle, the fire department said.
In a statement, the fire department said the crane “fell from the roof of
a building” and hit six vehicles below, near the southern shore of Lake
Union, which lies in the center of the city.
It said three men and one woman were killed — two of whom were operators
in the crane, while the others were in different cars.
Of the four people injured, a 27-year-old man, a 25-year-old woman and a
four-month-old baby girl were taken to hospital with non-life threatening
injuries, the department said.
The Seattle Times reported the crane was used as part of construction work
to build a new Google campus in the city, a fast-growing tech hub famously
home to e-commerce giant Amazon.
“A full and thorough investigation into the cause of the crane failure is
being conducted by Washington State Department of Labor and Industries,” the
fire department said.
BSS/AFP/MSY/0901 hrs