17.05.2012

Crane rolls in Oregon

An operator escaped injury yesterday after his crane slid off of the road and rolled on to its side near Manning, Oregon.

The operator Daniel Henderson, 40, was driving the 50 ton crane - which is owned by steel company, Marks Brothers - down Route 26, when he pulled onto what he thought was the hard-shoulder to allow traffic to pass. The tyres began to sink into the soft ground and the crane overturned, coming to rest on its side. Fortunately Henderson escaped completely uninjured.
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The overturned crane on Route 26

We have been informed that the crane had only recently been purchased days earlier in an auction and was on route to being delivered when the incident occurred.