A Boston construction worker was killed after a crane accident and a partial collapse of the Government Center parking garage sent him falling several stories in the heart of downtown, the Boston Globe reported.
Boston Fire commissioner John Dempsey recounted that witnesses said the victim was using a piece of heavy machinery, subsequently identified as a crane, when the floor buckled and the machine fell about nine stories with the operator inside. The man was conducting demolition work inside the garage when the floor gave away beneath the vehicle as it approached the edge of the building, Dempsey said.
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A second person was also hospitalized, according to a Boston EMS spokeswoman cited by the Globe.
Source: Boston Globe
