Shocking: a crane sank and killed 4 people

April 29, 2019

Authorities still do not know the causes of the fatal accident that occurred in Seattle, United States.

A construction crane shattered Saturday from the roof of a building located in Seattle, Washington, causing the death of four people, revealed the authorities. Five cars were crushed and a sixth was damaged at the intersection of the Avenue Fairview and the street Merced.

Although the incident is still under investigation, they reported that The dead are three men and one woman. Two of these people were workers who were inside the crane, which was operating on the site where is being built a new campus of the company. Google. While the other two victims were approaching vehicles that were on the street and had been affected by the artifact.

"It's a tragic day in Seattle with this catastrophic incident in the heart of our city", lamented the mayor, Jenny Durkanin your personal account Twitter.

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The fact is currently under study by the Police of Seattle and the Department work of the state of Washington. Since National Meteorological Service reported that during the accident, there was heavy rains in the area, with wind gusts of up to 23 km at the time.

On the other hand, a witness of the fact, in statements with Seattle Time, he said: "The wind blew very hard (…) Half of the crane collapsed on the side of the building.The other half fell on the street, crossing the two lanes".

A spokesman for Google, on the other hand, expressed in a statement that the company has learned sadly about the accidentwho collaborates with the authorities and who is in communication with Vulcan, the real estate company that administers the place where the accident was recorded.