Manhattan Crane Collapse

One dead, four injured at subway extension site.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) — The boom of a crane set up at a subway construction site came perilously off its base and crashed to the ground, killing a construction worker and injuring four other people Tuesday night, city officials said. The worker was pronounced dead after the accident at the Manhattan construction site of the No. 7 subway line extension, officials said. One other person was hospitalized in serious condition and three people were treated for minor injuries, according to a Fire Department spokesman.

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Manhattan Crane Collapse

Emergency personal remove an injured man from the site of a crane collapse where construction is going on for the 7 line subway extension Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in New York. Fire officials say a crane collapse at a Manhattan construction site has injured two people. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Emergency personel remove an injured man from the site of a crane collapse where construction is going on for the 7 line subway extension Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in New York. Fire officials say a crane collapse at a Manhattan construction site has injured two people. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Emergency personnel remove an injured person from the site of a crane collapse where construction is going on for the 7 line subway extension Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in New York. Fire officials say the collapse at a Manhattan construction site injured two people.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Emergency personnel remove an injured man from the site of a crane collapse where construction is going on for the 7 line subway extension Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in New York. Fire officials say the collapse at a Manhattan construction site has injured two people. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Police and fireman remove an injured person from the site of a crane collapse where construction is going on for the 7 line subway extension Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in New York. Fire officials say a crane collapse at a Manhattan construction site has injured two people. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Fireman remove an injured man from the site of a crane collapse where construction is going on for the 7 line subway extension Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in New York. Fire officials say a crane collapse at a Manhattan construction site has injured two people. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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