NEW YORK – Emergency crews responded to the collapse of a crane truck at a construction site near The Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, according to preliminary information from officials with the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB). English).
The Department of Buildings confirmed that a delivery truck with a tow truck, not a tow truck as initially circulated on social media, collapsed near a building between 36th Street and Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park. No injuries were immediately reported in connection with the 9:30 am collapse. Department of Buildings officials arrived on scene to assess the damage.
Details about the nature of the construction project, including the operator of the heavy vehicle, were not immediately clear.
Our 47 chopper showed the big boom crane truck tipped on its side in the middle of a debris-strewn alley. It was unclear how many neighboring buildings might be affected or if evacuations were ordered.
From another angle, Citizen app footage shows yellow caution tape stretching across a stretch of residential sidewalk at 36th Street and Fifth Avenue.
Workers wearing hard hats appearing to be directing foot traffic were seen in the area, while the truck’s mechanical arm was partially wedged inside a building. Debris was seen scattered around the scene.
No other details were immediately available.
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