New York crane collapse

2008-03-20T00:00:00+00:00

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At least seven people died and 17 were injured after a crane collapsed on a construction site in New York last Saturday.

The crane, on a Reliance Construction Group site, were extending it to start work on a new floor in a high-rise building. It crashed onto five surrounding buildings and caused what Michael Bloomberg, New York鈥檚 mayor, described as one of the city鈥檚 worst construction incidents.

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